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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.89
People
Juriaen Ovens, Dutch (Tonning, Schleswig-Holstein 1623 - 1678 Friedrichstadt)
Title
Group Portrait of the Regents of the Oude Zijds Huis-Zitten Huis
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295799

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black, red, and white chalk, on light tan antique laid paper, partial framing lines in brown ink and black chalk
Dimensions
21.7 x 28.6 cm (8 9/16 x 11 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue ink, stamp: L. 1442 (Joseph Daniel Böhm)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, blue ink, stamp: L. 271 (Joseph Daniel Böhm)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 1272 (Bernard Houthakker)
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, brown ink: Esquise du tableau de Regent a la maison des orphelins d'Amsterdam par B. Vander helst.
  • inscription: verso, lower center, brown ink: No 102
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 190 [in a triangle]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 692/No 1 HB/ [?]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 98
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Joseph Daniel Böhm, Vienna (L. 1442, L. 271, with his mark), his sale; [Posonyi, Vienna, 4 December 1865, lot 1301 (as Bartholomeus van der Helst), sold; to Böhm. Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (L. 1272, verso, lower right), his sale; [Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17-18 November 1975, lot 55], sold; to Hendrik S. Houthakker, gift; to Fogg Art Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Hendrik S. Houthakker in memory of Bernard Houthakker
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
1975.89
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Harry Schmidt, Jürgen Ovens: Sein Leben und seine Werke (Kiel, 1922), cat. no. 111, p. 255, repr. Abb. 74; sub cat. no. 264, p. 191
  • The Collection of Old Master Drawings of the Late Bernard Houthakker, auct. cat., Sotheby's (Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 17 1975-November 18 1975), no. 55, repr.
  • Werner Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler in vier Banden (Landau, 1983), vol. 3, sub cat. 1546, p. 2236

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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