1955.25: View of Nieuwkoop

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1955.25

People

Jan de Bisschop, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1628 - 1671 The Hague, Netherlands)

Title

View of Nieuwkoop

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1660

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/285510

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and graphite or black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

9 x 15 cm (3 9/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
mount: 15.2 x 21.2 cm (6 x 8 3/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, brown ink: N. Borrema
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 22
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 3 [upside down]
• watermark: fragment of Strasbourg Lily [?]
• inscription: mount, lower center, graphite: Jan de BISSCHOP; 1646-1686

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Hyman Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1955], sold; to Fogg Art Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund

Accession Year

1955

Object Number

1955.25

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• T. R. Seinstra and P. J. Verkruijsse, Nieuwkoop: beelden en fragmenten, Bert Post (Noorden), p. 25, repr.

Exhibition History

• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/31/2018 - 03/06/2019

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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