1959.22: Entrance to an Italian Town with Harbor in Left Background

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1959.22

People

? Mathys Cock, Netherlandish (Antwerp, Belgium c. 1510 - 1548 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Entrance to an Italian Town with Harbor in Left Background

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/296823

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink over black chalk and incidental pink wash, on light tan antique laid paper, laid down, framing lines in brown ink and dark brown ink

Dimensions

14.2 x 17.8 cm (5 9/16 x 7 in.)
mount: 25 x 29.6 cm (9 13/16 x 11 5/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: mount, verso, upper center, graphite: A 19945
• inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite: [illegible, hidden by mount]
• inscription: mount, verso, upper right, graphite: HL
• watermark: none
• inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite, erased: [illegible]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mrs. F. J. Watson, sold; to [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co. Ltd., London, 1954], sold; to Fritz B. Talbot, Brookline, Massachusetts, 1958, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.

NOTE: Colnaghi information from the company's stock books, provided by Stephen Ongpin in 2001.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Fritz B. Talbot

Accession Year

1959

Object Number

1959.22

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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