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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.8
People
Jan Wandelaar, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1690 - 1759 Leiden, Netherlands)
Title
An Allegory of Marriage
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1730
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295084

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, red chalk, and red chalk wash over graphite, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
20.5 x 16.3 cm (8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: D371 [not Colnaghi]
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: Jan Wandelaer / + / - 1691-1759
  • inscription: verso, left edge, graphite: 87395
  • watermark: Arms of Amsterdam [Dutch, mid-18th century]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hendrik Busserus, Amsterdam, sold; [Philippus van der Schley et al, Amsterdam, 21 October 1782, Konstboek 5, possibly one of lot 278], Marjorie B. Cohn, Arlington, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1985.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Marjorie B. Cohn on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Agnes Mongan
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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