1938.54: Fishing for Souls; verso: A Bird and Two Triangles

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1938.54

People

Lambert Lombard, Netherlandish (1506 - 1566)

Title

Fishing for Souls; verso: A Bird and Two Triangles

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297693

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over touches of black chalk on light tan antique laid paper, framing line in brow nink; verso: black ink

Dimensions

actual: 16 x 23.7 cm (6 5/16 x 9 5/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, brown ink: vetten heijn [?]
• inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: L. 691 [with associated number col. 1862] (Kaye Dowland)
• inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: 4 [encircled, upside down]
• inscription: verso, upper left, under hinge, graphite: 1238
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Kaye Dowland, (L. 691, with her mark). Mrs. Herbert N. Straus, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1938.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Herbert N. Straus

Accession Year

1938

Object Number

1938.54

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Exhibition History

• Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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