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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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