1958.36: Landscape with Two Figures

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1958.36

People

Attributed to Jacques d'Arthois, Flemish (Brussels, Belgium 1613 - 1686)

Title

Landscape with Two Figures

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296819

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and red chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk

Dimensions

17.3 x 23 cm (6 13/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
inclusive added strip: 18.9 x 23 cm (7 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, center, graphite, German: Jacob d'Arthois / Aus sammlung Habig
• watermark: IMI [close to Heawood 3027, Antwerp 1640-43]
  
  Countermark
• collector's mark: upper right, purple ink, stamp: L. 862 (Edward Habich)
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 1260
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 163
• inscription: Japanese paper extension, upper left, graphite: No. 41 [upside down]
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 3/c [? abraded, upside down]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Edward Habich, Boston and Kassel (L. 862, with his mark). Dr. and Mrs. Hans Schaeffer, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1958.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Hans Schaeffer

Accession Year

1958

Object Number

1958.36

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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