1969.105: Palm Tree in Rocky Landscape

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1969.105

People

Jacques de Gheyn II, Dutch (Antwerp, Netherlands 1565 - 1629 The Hague, Netherlands)

Title

Palm Tree in Rocky Landscape

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296218

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk on off-white paper

Dimensions

25 × 19.4 cm (9 13/16 × 7 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: former mat, graphite: Abraham Bloemaert / Flemish School / XVII century / Av[in ligature] / blind / stamp / upper. l.
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: Albrecht Dürer. / auf seiner Italienreise
• inscription: verso, lower center, graphite [erased]: N. 3 [?] / Harcules Bazzicaluva
• inscription: upper right, brown ink: 22
• inscription: verso, upper left: L. 2576 (Carl Wiesblöck)
• blind stamp: upper left: L. 2602b (Winslow Ames)
• inscription: former brown paper, black ballpoint ink, pen: Frederick Bloemaert? / (
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: A8177
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: No. 31
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: c/-/-
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: ...Bazzicaluva? - 164[1? or 8?] / ... [illegible]
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Carl Wiesböck, Vienna (L. 2576, with his mark). Evelyn Reynold[s?], sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 19 February 1936, (as Flemish School, Study of Trees)], sold; to J. Winslow Ames, Springfield, MO (L. 2602b, with his mark). Austin A. Mitchell, New York, New York, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1969.

NOTE: Colnaghi information provided by Steven Ongpin from Colnaghi stock books, 20 December 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Austin A. Mitchell

Accession Year

1969

Object Number

1969.105

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• I. Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn: Three Generations, M. Nijhoff Publishers (The Hague, Boston and London, 1983), vol. 2, cat. no. II 982, p. 150, repr. vol. 3, p. 44, pl. 17

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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