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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1952.74
People
? Jan van den Bergh, Dutch (1587/1588 - 1650)
Title
Seated Old Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297052

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on light tan antique laid paper, mounted
Dimensions
32.6 x 23.2 cm (12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: mount, verso, upper right, brown ink: J:B.. No. 168. / 13 by 9 1/4. [L. 1420, John Barnard]
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower left, graphite: Barnard / McGowan / Seymour Hayden
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower center, graphite, erased: J .. [illegible] / Simply
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: Van Dyck
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: 06532 [or O6532 or D6532]
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, black chalk: yoxv / NK Nsc.
  • collector's mark: mount, verso, lower center, black ink, stamp: L. 1496 (John MacGowan)
  • collector's mark: mount, verso, lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 1227 (Seymour Haden)
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center (twice), black ink and brown ink, stamp: L. 94 (Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis)
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink: [illegible]
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, graphite: i7 [?]
  • watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John M. MacGowan, Edinburg (L. 1496 with his mark). John Barnard, London (L. 1420 with his mark). Sir Francis Seymour Haden, London and Alesford (L. 1227 with his mark). Mr. and Mrs. Atherton Curtis, Paris (L. 94 with his mark). [Hyman Swetzoff Gallery, Boston, 1952], sold to; Meta and Paul Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091 without his mark), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1952.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Accession Year
1952
Object Number
1952.74
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • I. Q. van Regteren Altena, "Jan van den Bergh", Oud Holland, vol. ? no?, pp. 69-86., p. 78, repr. p. 76, fig. 11
  • The Collection of Prints and Drawings formed by Francis Seymour Haden, Esq., auct. cat., Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge (London, June 15, 1891), lot 545 (as Van Dyck)
  • "Old Masters at Fogg Museum", The Christian Science Monitor (April 19, 1954), repr.
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 33, 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

Verification Level

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