BR72.5: The Naturalist

Identification and Creation

Object Number

BR72.5

People

Ferdinand Julius Wilhelm Laufberger, Bohemian (Mariaschein, Bohemia [now Bohosudov, Czech Republic] 1829 - 1881 Vienna, Austria)

Title

The Naturalist

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1857

Culture

Bohemian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/222746

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

44.4 x 27.8 cm (17 1/2 x 10 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: in graphite on recto, b.r.: FL
• inscription: recto, b.r., graphite, in artist's hand: 18 3/4 57
• inscription: verso, t.c., graphite: F. Laufberger
• inscription: verso, b.l., graphite: 271063
• inscription: verso, b.r., graphite: #6 [encircled]
• stamp: b.r., black ink: SG [underlined and encircled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, sale, 1972.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Museum Association Fund

Accession Year

1972

Object Number

BR72.5

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Peter Nisbet and Joseph Koerner, The Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, ed. Peter Nisbet, Harvard University Art Museums and Scala Publishers Ltd. (Cambridge, MA and London, England, 2007), p. 209

Exhibition History

• 19th-Century Drawings from the Permanent Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 09/01/1983 - 10/09/1983

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