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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.87
People
Pieter Jansz. Quast, Dutch (Amsterdam, Netherlands 1605/6 - 1647 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Portrait of Machtelt van Velsen
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296828

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and gray wash on white prepared parchment
Dimensions
actual: 18.5 x 15 cm (7 5/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on scroll, graphite: PQ [in ligature] 1644
  • collector's mark: lower edge, center, graphite with stamp?: L. 1434 (Johan Conrad Spengler)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, brown ink, stamp: L. 873b (E. J. Otto)
  • inscription: lower center, in scroll, graphite: Machtelt van velsse
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Adrian Matham / B 1600. / Antwerp 1628
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Vemy [?] lui [?] Portrait signée / Paris.
  • inscription: verso, left center, graphtie: Port of Himself Signed / on velum / Signed & dated / Spengler [illegible] / Adrian Matham / B. 1600
  • inscription: verso, center edge, graphite: Vellum
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Stamp J. C. S. (The Spengler Collection
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Count Spengler + De [Louis?] Collection / Spengler stamp J. C. S.
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: D 24343Hx

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johan Conrad Spengler, Copenhagen (L. 1434, with his mark), his sale; [Copenhagen, 8 October 1839, lot 1267]. Ernst Jurgen Otto, Celle, Germany (L. 873b, with his mark), sold; [P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 5 March 1960], sold; to Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

NOTE: Funds for the purchase of the drawing were given to the Fogg Art Museum by Dr. Fritz B. Talbot.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Fritz B. Talbot
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.87
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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