Italian Landscape with Peasants Herding Cattle across a Stream

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1966.55
People: Unidentified Artist
Imitator of (pastiche) Nicolaes Berchem the Elder, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1620 - 1683 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title: Italian Landscape with Peasants Herding Cattle across a Stream
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 18th century
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/296512

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray wash and graphite on off-white antique laid paper, partial framing line [?] in graphite and gold

Dimensions

actual: 9.6 x 14.5 cm (3 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, center, red chalk and graphite: 52
watermark: NIG [fragment]

Beta will not be made. Watermark is too fragmentary.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Kunstverlag Wolfrum, Vienna]. Charles L. Kuhn, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1966.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Charles L. Kuhn
Accession Year: 1966
Object Number: 1966.55
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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