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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2004.83
People
Master of 1527, Netherlandish
Title
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293732

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and gray wash
Dimensions
actual: 26.3 x 18.5 cm (10 3/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: 15 L 10
  • inscription: verso, lower center, brown ink: C. E
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Private Collector; sold, [Christie's, Amsterdam, 11 November 1996, lot 6] sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to [Harvard University Art Museums, 1996, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2004.

NOTE: Christie's catalogue states: "Acquired by the father of the present owner before 1940."

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Frank Stanton
Accession Year
2004
Object Number
2004.83
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Dutch, Flemish and German Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 11, 1996), no. 6, repr.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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