M9791: An Artist Drawing from Sculpture

Identification and Creation

Object Number

M9791

People

Frederik Bloemaert, Dutch (1614/17 - 1690)
After Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch (Gorinchem, Netherlands 1566 - 1651 Utrecht, Netherlands)

Title

An Artist Drawing from Sculpture

Other Titles

Alternate Title: Title-page for "The Drawing Book of Abraham Bloemaert"
Series/Book Title: "The Drawing Book of Abraham Bloemaert"

Classification

Prints

Work Type

print

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/257858

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Engraving, etching, and chiaroscuro woodcut in two shades of brown

Technique

Engraving and etching

Dimensions

sheet: 27 x 22 cm (10 5/8 x 8 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Horace M. Swope, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1940

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number

Hollstein 36; LeBlanc 36

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Horace M. Swope, Class of 1905

Accession Year

1940

Object Number

M9791

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Florian Rodari, Anatomie de la couleur: l’invention de l’estampe en couleurs, exh. cat., Bibliothèque Nationale de France and Musée Olympique Lausanne (Paris, 1996), cat. 33, p. 40 [not Harvard impression, related bibliography]

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/03/2016 - 07/19/2016

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