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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1983.164
People
Jan van Goyen, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1596 - 1656 The Hague, Netherlands)
Title
An Inn by a Country Road
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295090

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, with a partial framing line in black chalk, on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
9 x 15.3 cm (3 9/16 x 6 in.)
mount: 18.8 x 25.7 cm (7 3/8 x 10 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 15 / small size / old green wash
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 72
  • watermark: unidentifiable fragment, probably of a Strasbourg Lily

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Maida and George S. Abrams
Accession Year
1983
Object Number
1983.164
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ivan Gaskell, Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, brochure, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2006), checklist

Exhibition History

  • Rembrandt and the Aesthetics of Technique, Harvard University Art Museums, Busch-Reisinger Museum, 09/09/2006 - 12/10/2006

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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