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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1982.133
People
Herman Saftleven, Dutch (Rotterdam, Netherlands 1609 - 1685 Utrecht, Netherlands)
Title
Fisherman Pulling in their Nets; verso: Fireplace
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/294995

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk or charcoal and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, traces of a framing line in brown ink; verso: black chalk and brown wash
Dimensions
actual: 17.4 x 27.2 cm (6 7/8 x 10 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • countermark: PR
  • inscription: verso, lower left, on tape, graphite: 1297

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Prof. Perman, Stockholm. Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1982.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams
Accession Year
1982
Object Number
1982.133
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • People at Work: Seventeenth Century Dutch Art, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, 04/17/1988 - 06/15/1988

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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