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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.4
People
Circle of Jan Wildens, Flemish (1586 - 1653)
Title
Country Road Leading to a Village
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294918

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, with a framing line in brown ink, on cream antique laid paper, laid down on antique laid paper
Dimensions
19.8 x 28.2 cm (7 13/16 x 11 1/8 in.)
mount: 20.3 x 28.6 cm (8 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: mount, lower right, brown ink: Hollar
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper center, graphite: No. 18
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: 86
  • inscription: mount, verso, left center, brown ink: Titian
  • inscription: mount, verso, right center, very faint: Gooijen fec [? or fév?] 2 + d [?]... S [?]...G ...[175?]3
  • collector's mark: lower center, black ink, stamp: L. 2883a (unidentified collection)
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, brown ink: + / 6 / -2 [A- is written atop 6, and 0 is written atop 2]
  • watermark: mount: Fleur-de-lis in a single-wired circle with V above



    Beta will not be made. Mount is too thick. Raking light and strong light revealed a watermark in the mount.

    Although the watermark does not match a known reference, similar fleur-de-lis constitute the group Heawood 1604-1615, Italian (Bologna, Rome, Padua, Venice) 1550-1650.
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower left: C m [crossed out]
  • inscription: mount, verso, center, graphite: c

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Unidentified Collector, (L. 2883a, lower center). Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, Larchmont, New York; Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner, 1982.4

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Steiner
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.4
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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