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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1973.34
People
Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Dutch (Harlingen, Netherlands 1608/09 - 1651 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
A Woman's Left Forearm
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296278

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk and white opaque watercolor on gray-blue paper, framing line in black chalk at upper edge; verso: trial strokes in colored pastel
Dimensions
8.6 x 26 cm (3 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: Jufrow Agnes van Brakel / no Rings nor Braeslet [s?].
  • inscription: fragment of former mount, upper right, graphite: 500
  • inscription: fragment of former mount, upper right, graphite: 5
  • inscription: fragment of former mount, center, graphite: Van Dyck / main de Anna Comtesse de Bedford / grav. par Lombart - / guiffrey page 61 etude de femme et de main - offices florence / no nor / ni ni
  • inscription: fragment of former mount, lower center, graphite: ? John James Baker (Bakker) See B.M. 1897-8-13-9 (95)
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Agnes Mongan, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1973.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Agnes Mongan
Accession Year
1973
Object Number
1973.34
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • British Museum, Catalogue of British Drawings, Trustees of the British Museum (London, England, 1960), p. 95

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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