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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.205
People
Johannes Wierix, Netherlandish (Antwerp 1549 - c. 1620 Brussels)
Title
The Annunciation
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295506

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on parchment
Dimensions
actual: 9.7 x 7 cm (3 13/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower center, brown ink: IOHAN . WIERIECX . INVENTOR

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Heinrich Eisemann, London], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1948; Bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.205

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.205
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 11, p. 3

Exhibition History

  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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