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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1971.111
People
Willem van de Velde II, Dutch (Leiden 1633 - 1707 Greenwich)
Title
Study of a Ship
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295998

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 21.1 x 30.3 cm (8 5/16 x 11 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower left, graphite: V. V J
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 1496 (John MacGowan)
  • collector's mark: lower center, brown ink, stamp: L. 2091 (Paul J. Sachs)
  • watermark: IRB [countermark]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: 2/6
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Jonge kessie evers van selant

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091, with his mark). John M. MacGowan, Edinburgh (L. 1496, with his mark). Arthur Pope, Brookline, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1971.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Arthur Pope
Accession Year
1971
Object Number
1971.111
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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