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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1991.482
People
Pieter Stevens, Flemish (Mechelen 1567 - 1624 Prague)
Title
A Woman Working Flax (?) and a Woman Sewing
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294673

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
16.8 x 22.6 cm (6 5/8 x 8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 266
  • inscription: upper left, brown ink: g [abraded, illegible]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: D. Vinckenbooms / B.1578 D.1629
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, brown ink: L. 350 [twice] (Dr. Barry Delany)
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 2000.--
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: Primaticcio
  • inscription: verso, upper center, brown ink: [illegible, cut off]
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. Barry Delany, Isle of Alienes, Kilkenny, Ireland (L. 350, with his mark). [Hyman Swetzoff Gallery, Boston]. Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1991.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams and Rebecca D. Abrams in memory of Davis Pratt
Accession Year
1991
Object Number
1991.482
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 9, repr. (as attributed to Stevens)

Exhibition History

  • Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 03/27/1969 - 04/28/1969; Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 05/04/1969 - 06/04/1969; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 09/17/1969 - 10/12/1969; University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/18/1969 - 11/16/1969

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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