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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.178
People
Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Studies of Longhorn Beetles (Cerambycidae family)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294923

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent watercolor, white opaque watercolor, black ink, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink and graphite at the upper left
Dimensions
actual: 7.2 x 11.5 cm (2 13/16 x 4 1/2 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
J. A. van Dongen, Amsterdam, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1971, gift ; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.178
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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