1983.81: The Mother of Saartje Jans in the Farce "Jan Claasz of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd" (I, vi)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1983.81

People

After Cornelis Troost, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1696 - 1750 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Title

The Mother of Saartje Jans in the Farce "Jan Claasz of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd" (I, vi)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

after 1738

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295316

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and touches of white chalk on blue-gray antique laid paper, framing line in graphite, inlaid

Dimensions

18 x 15.5 cm (7 1/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
mount: 28.3 x 25.4 cm (11 1/8 x 10 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: T / keep
• watermark: none
• inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: x

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 1952]. Clifford Duits, London, 1962, sold; [Sotheby's, London, 22 June 1982, lot 175 (as Cornelis Troost)]. 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

1983.81

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• J. W. Niemeijer, Cornelis Troost, 1696-1750, Van Gorcum & Company (Assen, 1973), under cat. no. 346T, pp. 225-6

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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