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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1955.91
People
Willem van de Velde II, Dutch (Leiden 1633 - 1707 Greenwich)
Title
A Ship
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/297101

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown and black ink, gray wash, and graphite on cream antique laid paper, partial framing line in graphite
Dimensions
actual: 16.8 x 15.8 cm (6 5/8 x 6 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: lower left, brown ink, gone over in graphite: W. V Velde Junr.
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 2214 (Richard Houlditch)
  • inscription: former mount, graphite: W van de Velde / R. Houlditch Coll
  • inscription: former mat, lower right: 96-
  • watermark: fragment of a foolscap
  • inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: cp one at Williamstown / says Mr. Robinson / also Houlditch Coll. / Thinks it is ok v Jr.
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: 7 [associated with L. 2214?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard Houlditch, London (L. 2214, with his mark). Charles L. Kuhn, Cambridge, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1955.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Charles L. Kuhn
Accession Year
1955
Object Number
1955.91
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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