1985.180: Study of a Bird (Mergus albellus, or "smew")
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1985.180
- People
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Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Title
- Study of a Bird (Mergus albellus, or "smew")
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/294924
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Transparent watercolor, black ink and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 15.9 × 20.1 cm (6 1/4 × 7 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
-
- Signed: center right, black ink: PH [in ligature] . fe.
- inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: 73
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 146-11 = 119
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 53
- watermark: fragment of a foolscap [fragmentary, not found in Briquet]
- inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: "Smew"
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: P
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
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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
- 1985.180
- 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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