Ships in a Rough Sea | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1981.117
People: Attributed to Matthijs van Plattenberg, Dutch (c. 1608 - 1660)
Previously attributed to Ludolf Backhuyzen, 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

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
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Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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