1949.66: The Rape of Proserpine
Sculpture
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.66
- People
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Hubert Gerhard, Netherlandish (Amsterdam, Netherlands? 1540 - 1620 Munich, Germany)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist
- Title
- The Rape of Proserpine
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Work Type
- sculpture
- Date
- 16th-17th century
- Culture
- Netherlandish
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/228996
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Bronze with green patina
- Dimensions
- 74.8 x 45.4 x 57.7 cm (29 7/16 x 17 7/8 x 22 11/16 in.)
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Joseph Brummer, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg at Brummer sale, 1949. Brummer's estate sale was held April 20-23, 1949, where this piece was no. 470.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Annie Swan Coburn Fund
- Accession Year
- 1949
- Object Number
- 1949.66
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- The Notable Art Collection Belonging to the estate of the late Joseph Brummer, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, NY, April 20 1940-April 23 1949), no. 470
- Charles L. Kuhn, German and Netherlandish Sculpture, 1280-1800, the Harvard Collections, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 27, cat. no. 61 pp. 108-109, repr. as pl. LIII
Verification Level
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