1986.639: Five Women Talking

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1986.639

People

Circle of Jan Brueghel the Elder, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1568 - 1625 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Five Women Talking

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th-17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/294417

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in black ink

Dimensions

14.1 x 16.3 cm (5 9/16 x 6 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: lower right, red ink stamp: L. 1552b (Jacob H. Wiegersma)
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: A. v. Venne del
• label: former mount, brown ink: Adrian van de Venne [underlined] / 1589-1662. / singé / verso.
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 171 [underlined]
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: D
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: LDS [? unidentified paraph]
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Unidentified Collector, (not in Lugt, with his mark). Jacob H. Wiegersma, Utrecht (L. 1552b, with his mark). Jan Gerrit van Gelder, Utrecht. Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1986.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams

Accession Year

1986

Object Number

1986.639

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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