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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.2
People
Dirk Maas, Dutch (Haarlem 1659 - 1717 Haarlem)
Title
Studies of a Cavalry Officer on Horseback, A Beggar Boy, and a Standing Cavalry Man; verso: Head of a Horse
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294228

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in red chalk
Dimensions
18.1 × 25.8 cm (7 1/8 × 10 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower right, red chalk: D. Maes 1692
  • watermark: VD [in ligature, with double-wired lefthand side of V and bow of D; variant of countermark in Churchill 61, 1706]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, Larchmont, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.2
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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