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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1969.139
People
Attributed to Matthijs van Plattenberg, Dutch (c. 1608 - 1660)
Attributed to Ludolf Backhuyzen, Dutch (Emden, Germany 1631 - 1708 Amsterdam)
Title
Ship in a Storm
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296221

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown wash, red chalk and traces of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in black ink and partial framing line in red chalk
Dimensions
20 × 27.8 cm (7 7/8 × 10 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: former mount, graphite: W.AS. #9. / Drawing - / Sea scape / Vernet
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, upper left, graphite: Vernet [underlined]
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, upper left, graphite: boucher [crossed out]
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, upper left, graphtie: 681 [crossed out and underlined]/7.50
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, lower left, graphite: No 7
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, lower left, graphtie: 52629
  • inscription: verso of partially removed sedonary support, lower right, graphite: ...et
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, lower left, graphite: 11
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: verso of partially removed secondary support, lower left, graphite: 1007/500

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
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
1969.139
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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