Harvard Art Museums > 1.2018.36: Three Birds Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Three Birds (Johannes Bronckhorst) , 1.2018.36,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 05, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/211331. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1.2018.36 People Johannes Bronckhorst, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1648 - 1727 Hoorn, Netherlands) Title Three Birds Other Titles Alternate Title: Roller, a Macaw and a Wren Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 17th-18th century Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/211331 Physical Descriptions Medium Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment Dimensions 29.6 x 27.3 cm (11 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Black ink, lower center: J.B. fec. inscription: verso, lower left, black ink: S x [?] collector's mark: verso, lower center, blue ink: M/G [inside] A [Lugt 3306, mark of Maida and George Abrams] inscription: verso, lower center, black ink: geldensche spegt / west Ind: klyn volgeltje / het eenige dat singt Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, May 3, 1976, lot 111], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift Accession Year 2018 Object Number 1.2018.36 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Fine Dutch, Flemish, and German Drawings, auct. cat., Sotheby Mak van Waay (Amsterdam, May 3, 1976), pp. 24-25, lot 112, repr. p. 24 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), pp. 222-223, cat. no. 102, repr. p. 223 Edward Saywell, Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1998), vol. 6, no. 2, checklist no. 3, p. 26 Exhibition History 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 Behind the Line: The Materials and Techniques of Old Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/03/1998 - 12/30/1998 Mirror of Holland: Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Part 2, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/26/2011 - 07/31/2011 Subjects and Contexts Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu