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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.90
People
Circle of Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn, Dutch (Leiden 1606 - 1669 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Samuel van Hoogstraten, Dutch (Dordrecht, Netherlands 1627 - 1678 Dordrecht, Netherlands)
Title
Christ in the House of Martha and Mary
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Biblical Scene
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/211851

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 31.9 cm (7 11/16 x 12 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Hoogstraten
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 258859 7[encircled]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, black ink stamp: JG (Lugt 1164, Jean-François Gigoux)
  • watermark: None visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jean-François Gigoux, Paris (Lugt 1164). [Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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
1.2018.90
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, ed., Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1972), cat. 14, pp. 15 and 51, repr. p. 32
  • Mariët Westermann, Art & Home: Dutch Interiors in the Age of Rembrandt, exh. cat., Zwolle, Waanders (Denver, 2001), repr. as fig. 39 on p.174

Exhibition History

  • Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 10/31/1972 - 02/25/1973

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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