2004.83: The Adoration of the Shepherds

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

Permissions

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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

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