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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1979.79
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295578

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and white opaque watercolor on rose prepared paper, with a probably later graphite line; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
24.7 × 33.5 cm (9 3/4 × 13 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: former backing sheet, verso, lower right, graphite: D 26395
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Hickman, sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 1962 (as Antwerp School, c. 1510)], sold; to Philip and Frances L. Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962; bequest of Frances L. Hofer, 1979.79

NOTE: Colnaghi information provided by Stephen Ongpin from Colnaghi's stock books, 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Frances L. Hofer
Accession Year
1979
Object Number
1979.79
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Eunice Williams, Master Drawings and Watercolors: The Hofer Collection, exh. cat., ed. Konrad Oberhuber and William W. Robinson, Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, 1984), cat. no. 12, pp. 24-25, repr. pp. 86-87

Exhibition History

  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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