1981.117: Ships in a Rough Sea
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1981.117
- People
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Attributed to Matthijs van Plattenberg, Dutch (c. 1608 - 1660)
Previously attributed to Ludolf Bakhuizen, Dutch (Emden, Germany 1631 - 1708 Amsterdam)
- Title
- Ships in a Rough Sea
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/294913
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Brown wash over graphite on off-white antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 16.6 × 31.5 cm (6 9/16 × 12 3/8 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- watermark: crowned medallion with fleur de lis [vaguely similar to Haewood 627, Paris, 1677]
- inscription: former mount, graphite: Pieter Mulier, called Tempesta / (b. Haarlem c. 1637 . d. Milan 1701) / cf. Spada Gall. no. 101 (Zeri pl. 129)
- label: former mount, typeface: Tempesta (Pieter Mulier) Neth-Ital. c.1637-1701 / SHIPS IN A ROUGH SEA / From P. &D., Colnaghi, London.
- inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: boucher [in same hand as on 1969.139]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London]. David E. Rust, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1981
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David E. Rust
- Accession Year
- 1981
- Object Number
- 1981.117
- 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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