1986.637: Venus and Cupid; verso: calligraphic strokes
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1986.637
- People
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School of Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Title
- Venus and Cupid; verso: calligraphic strokes
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/294231
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brown ink and red wash, over traces of black chalk, partially incised, on cream antique laid paper; traces of later restoration in white opaque watercolor; verso: black chalk and graphite
- Dimensions
- 20.3 × 17.7 cm (8 × 6 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: former mat, graphite: cf. Matham / Johan BvR
- watermark: none
- inscription: upper left, brown ink: HG [in ligature]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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Jon Nicholas Streep, New York, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1964 (without their mark, L. 3306); Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams, 1986.637
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams
- Accession Year
- 1986
- Object Number
- 1986.637
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Subjects and Contexts
- Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings
Verification Level
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