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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.98
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Shepherd Surprised by Dancing Nymphs
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296214

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, and black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 19.3 x 29.9 cm (7 5/8 x 11 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: fragment of a pendant star dangling from a shield
  • inscription: verso, lower right, brown ink: 42 [underlined, upside down]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 251
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: E390
  • inscription: verso, upper center, blue pencil: N.C. 251
  • collector's mark: verso, center, greenish black ink, stamp: L. 2730 (F.A.C. Prestel)
  • label: former mat, black typeface: GERMAN SCHOOL / 16th century. / 452 Nude Women dancing in a landscape / Bistre, pen and wash / 7 5/8 in. by 12 in (193 mm. by 303 mm.)
  • inscription: former mat, graphite: Ent (?) of 16 K E 390
  • inscription: former mat, blue pencil: Prestel Coll. Lugt 2730
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 1
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink: k

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Maison F. A. C. Pestel, Frankfurt (L. 2730, with their mark)]. Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin A. Mitchell
Accession Year
1969
Object Number
1969.98
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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