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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.118
People
Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch (Haarlem 1610 - 1685 Haarlem)
Title
Peasant Slaughtering a Pig
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/293970

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
6.4 × 3.8 cm (2 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink: Av.o.
  • collector's mark: mount, lower right, brown ink: L. 2617 (William Esdaile)
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
William Esdaile, London (Lugt 2617, mount, lower right). [Sotheby's, London, March 21, 1973, lot 67 (as Dusart)]. [Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, 1973

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
1.2018.118
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • From Lowlife to Rustic Idyll: The Peasant Genre in 17th-Century Dutch Drawings and Prints, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 03/29/1997 - 06/22/1997
  • Drawn to Daily Life: Dutch Genre Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/08/2014 - 09/06/2014

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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