1980.77: Two Men Reading at a Table by an Open Window

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1980.77

People

Anthonie Andriessen, Dutch (Amsterdam 1747 - 1813 Amsterdam)

Title

Two Men Reading at a Table by an Open Window

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/295513

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Transparent watercolor and gray wash over graphite on white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink

Dimensions

19.5 x 15.8 cm (7 11/16 x 6 1/4 in.)
mount: 28.2 x 24.4 cm (11 1/8 x 9 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: verso, lower left, gray ink: A: Andriessen
• watermark: unidentified fragment
  
  Beta will not be made. Watermark is too fragmentary.
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: RED LINE / 11 x 16

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 6 November 1974, lot 544], sold. [Christina van Marle, London, 20 November 1980], sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1980.77.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Dorothy B. and Joseph Edinburg Fund for Drawings and the William C. Heilman Fund

Accession Year

1980

Object Number

1980.77

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Anthony Dallas and Sons (London, England, 1980), cat. no. 35, n.p., repr.

Exhibition History

• Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, Christina van Marle, 06/30/1980 - 07/12/1980

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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