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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.50
People
Abraham Delfos, Dutch (1731 - 1820)
After Cornelis Visscher, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1628/29 - 1658 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Baby Crying
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1779
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/212321

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on cream antique paid paper
Dimensions
13.4 × 11.2 cm (5 1/4 × 4 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, 18th Century. Sold [through Christie's, Amsterdam, November 25, 1991, lot 88, together with another drawing]; 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
1.2018.50
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Cornelis Visscher's 'Roma Mother with Children:' Transforming a Prototype by Jacques de Gheyn", Master Drawings (Spring 2022), vol. 60, no. 1, pp. 87-90, p. 90, note 5

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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