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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1938.114
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously Sébastien Bourdon, French (Montpellier 1616 - 1671 Paris)
Title
Scene at a Well, (probably from the Legend of Hagar)
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Scene at a Public Washhouse
Classification
Paintings
Work Type
painting
Date
17th century
Places
Creation Place: Europe, Netherlands
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/230534

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
61 x 76.5 cm (24 x 30 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: on stretcher, handwritten in black ink: 8681
  • inscription: on back of frame, handwritten in graphite: J8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lady Harcourt, England. [Arnold Seligmann, Rey & Co., Inc., New York], sold, to Fogg Art Museum, 1938

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Francis H. Burr Memorial Fund
Accession Year
1938
Object Number
1938.114
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Edgar Peters Bowron, European Paintings Before 1900 in the Fogg Art Museum: A Summary Catalogue including Paintings in the Busch-Reisinger Museum, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990)

Exhibition History

  • Paintings by Old Masters, Winchester Art Association, Winchester, 02/01/1946 - 02/28/1946

Verification Level

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