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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.178
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Immaculate Conception
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1700
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295543

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on white antique laid paper
Dimensions
28 x 20.8 cm (11 x 8 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 456
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue ink, stamp: L. 1882a (Mattias Komor)
  • watermark: fragment of a shield with Golden Fleece(?). Mount is too thick for beta radiography.
  • inscription: verso, right edge, graphite: 3

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Mathias Komor, New York, New York, (Lugt 1882a)], sold; November 1966, inv. H894]. [1] Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979

Notes

[1] It is possible that the inventory number, H894, is Komor's own and the piece was sold by him as a dealer rather than through an auction house. No record of an auction in which he is a seller was located.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.178
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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