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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2009.204
People
Roelant Roghman, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1627 - 1692 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
A Castle
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1650s
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/199372

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray wash and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
29.1 x 47.9 cm (11 7/16 x 18 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, left edge, brown ink: t slot henge in Abelant [Abelant underlined]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: N 753
  • inscription: verso, lower left, black chalk: Roghmans
  • watermark: coat of arms with a cross and an eagle?
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 10
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue ink stamp: L. 3306 (Maida and George Abrams)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Simon Fokke, Amsterdam, sold; [Van der Schley et al., Amsterdam, 6 December 1784, kb C, lot 265.] Cornelis Hofstede de Groot, The Hague (L. 561, without his mark), sold; to Jhr. Dr. Willem Adriaan Beelaerts van Blokland, The Hague, 1930, by descent; to Baron and Baroness Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Kasteel Duivenvoorde, Voorschoten, 1935; to Baroness Jonkvrouw Ludolphine Henriette Schimmelpenninck van der Oye; to Theo Laurentius, Voorschoten, The Netherlands, 1965, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1974; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, 2009.204.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Accession Year
2009
Object Number
2009.204
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, Seventeenth Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, exh. cat., International Exhibitions Foundation (Washington, D.C, 1977), cat. no. 26, pp. xiii, xvii and 28-29, repr.
  • Werner Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, ed. Walter Strauss, Abaris Books (New York, NY, 1979), vol. 10, cat. no. 2271x, p. 5134, repr. p. 5135
  • The Draughtsman at Work. Drawing in the Golden Century of Dutch Art, checklist (unpublished, 1980), no. 22
  • Jhr. dr. H. W. M. van der Wyck, J. W. Niemeijer, and W. Th. Kloek, De kasteeltekeningen van Roelant Roghman, Canaletto / Stichting Nederlandse buitenplaatsen en Historische Landschappen (Alphen aan den Rijn, 1989 - 1990), vol. 1, A2
  • W. Th. Kloek and J. W. Niemeijer, De Kasteeltekeningen van Roelant Roghman, Canaletto / Stichting Nederlandse buitenplaatsen en Historische Landschappen (Alphen aan den Rijn, 1990), vol. 2, p. 131, note 26
  • Frederik J. Duparc, "[Review] Collectie Abrams in Rijksprentenkabinet", Tableau (1991), vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 40-42, p. 41
  • William W. Robinson, Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings: A Selection from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., H. O. Zimman, Inc. (Lynn, MA, 1991), cat. no. 61, pp. 140-141, and p. 11, repr.
  • Peter C. Sutton and William W. Robinson, Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Bruce Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2011), Addendum no. A21, p. 178, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Seventeenth Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 01/30/1977 - 03/13/1977; Denver Art Museum, Denver, 04/01/1977 - 05/15/1977; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 06/01/1977 - 07/15/1977
  • The Draughtsman at Work. Drawing in the Golden Century of Dutch Art, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1980 - 01/04/1981
  • Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings: A Selection from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Rijksprentenkabinet, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 02/23/1991 - 04/18/1991; Albertina Gallery, Vienna, 05/16/1991 - 06/30/1991; The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 01/22/1992 - 04/22/1992; Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 10/10/1992 - 12/06/1992

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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