1971.55: The City Hall of Cambrai

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1971.55

People

Jacop Harrewijn, Dutch (Netherlands 1660 - 1740 possibly The Hague, Netherlands)

Title

The City Hall of Cambrai

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

by 1716

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296028

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black ink, gray and red wash, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with two framing lines in gray ink; verso: incised, with oil residue

Dimensions

15.8 x 26.1 cm (6 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.)
mount: 21.3 x 30.7 cm (8 3/8 x 12 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper left, brown ink, pen, in artist's hand: LA MAISON DE VILLE / DE CAMBRAI
• inscription: center left, in cartouche in first bay, grey ink: ANNO
• inscription: left center, in cartouche in third bay from left, grey ink: 168...[? illegible]
• inscription: center left, in cartouche on sixth bay from left, grey ink: 1605
• watermark: none
• inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: 18/57 / 423 [underlined] / B
• inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: 5 [encircled]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Emile E. Wolf, New York, New York, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1971.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Emile E. Wolf

Accession Year

1971

Object Number

1971.55

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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