1969.99: Landscape with Trees and River

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1969.99

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Landscape with Trees and River

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296215

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

actual: 19.5 x 27.4 cm (7 11/16 x 10 13/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Jean Lievens 1607 - 1663
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: ... Roch... [illegible]
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 12
• collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 1144 (unidentified collector)
• collector's mark: upper right, blind stamp: L. 2602a (Winslow Ames)
• watermark: none
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Du... [illegible]
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [illegible] / [illegible] du Borssum [illegible]
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Lievens
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: Lugt / 1144

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Unidentified Collector, (L. 1144, with his mark). Winslow and Anna Ames, Springfield, Missouri (L. 2602a, 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

1969.99

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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