Study of a Bird (Mergus albellus, or "smew")

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1985.180
People: 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: 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
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Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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