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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1981.100
People
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Dutch (Harlingen, Netherlands 1608/09 - 1651 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Portrait of a Young Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294912

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on blue paper, faded to gray-beige, partial framing line in black ink
Dimensions
22.1 × 15.8 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: #1
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 16 December 1981.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George Abrams in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth H. Rosenberg
Accession Year
1981
Object Number
1981.100
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, "[Review] Werner Sumoski: Drawings of the Rembrandt School, vols. 1-3", Master Drawings (Autumn 1982), vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 280-285, p. 284, repr. pl. 27
  • Peter C. Sutton and William W. Robinson, Drawings by Rembrandt, his Students and Circle from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, exh. cat., Bruce Museum and Yale University Press (U.S.) (New Haven and London, 2011), Addendum no. A1, p. 167, repr.

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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