1965.221: Head of a Horse; verso: Sheep's Head and Study of a Sheep (?)

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1965.221

People

Attributed to Anthony van Dyck, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1599 - 1641 London)

Title

Head of a Horse; verso: Sheep's Head and Study of a Sheep (?)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296622

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue paper; verso: brown ink and black chalk

Dimensions

actual: 25.7 x 13.1 cm (10 1/8 x 5 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091, without his mark), long-term loan; to Fogg Art Museum, 1947, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs

Accession Year

1965

Object Number

1965.221

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 34, p. 8 (as Flemish XVII Century)
• Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), p. 207

Exhibition History

• An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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