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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1985.176
People
Johannes Bronckhorst, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1648 - 1727 Hoorn, Netherlands)
Title
Study of a Grey Heron (Ardea Cinevea)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295323

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
14.9 x 18.3 cm (5 7/8 x 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower right, grey ink: J. B: fe-
  • inscription: lower left, grey ink: Reijger
  • inscription: verso, upper left, grey ink: 118
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 82
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 41 / 3
  • watermark: fragment of a crown, similar to the top part of Churchill 14

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 in memory of Susan Morgenstein, class of 1984
Accession Year
1985
Object Number
1985.176
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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