1953.39: Landscape with Trees

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1953.39

People

Attributed to Gaspar van Wittel (called Vanvitelli), Dutch (Amersfort, Netherlands 1652 - 1736 Rome, Italy)

Title

Landscape with Trees

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th-18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297352

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and wash over graphite on light tan antique laid paper

Dimensions

30.8 x 19.5 cm (12 1/8 x 7 11/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: verso, lower left and lower right, brown ink stamp: L. 2811b (C. R. Rudolf)
• watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

C. R. Rudolf, London (L. 2811b, verso, lower left and lower right). Peter Claas, London. Aimee Lamb, Boston; Gift of Aimee Lamb, 1953.39.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Aimee Lamb

Accession Year

1953

Object Number

1953.39

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.

Publication History

• An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 88, p. 21

Exhibition History

• An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954
• 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/05/2024 - 12/16/2024

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level