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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1964.33
People
Peter van Bloemen, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1657 - 1720 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
Man on Horseback Leading Another Horse
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296610

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gray wash over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
Dimensions
14.4 x 16.7 cm (5 11/16 x 6 9/16 in.)
mount: 28.9 x 31.9 cm (11 3/8 x 12 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: 420
  • inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: S/3473
  • label: mount, lower center, black typeface on yellow label: 18
  • inscription: mount, lower center, graphite: 5 [encircled]
  • inscription: mount, lower center, graphite: P. van Bloemen
  • inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: N 1435/[missing, abraded edge]
  • inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: 45.
  • label: mat, lower center, green typeface: LOUIS DAVIDSON COLLECTION
  • watermark: upper center : fragment of an Arms of Amsterdam

    Beta will not be made. Mount is too thick. Raking light revealed a fragment of an Arms of Amsterdam but the fragment is too small to identify against a known reference.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis Davidson Collection. [Hyman Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, 1964], sold; to John Davidson; gift, to Fogg Art Museum, 1964.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of John Davidson in appreciation of Philip Hofer
Accession Year
1964
Object Number
1964.33
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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