1943.518: The King's Children

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.518

People

Matthijs Maris, Dutch (The Hague, The Netherlands 1839 - 1917 London, United Kingdom)

Title

The King's Children

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1874-1888

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/297876

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white modern laid paper

Dimensions

18.1 x 14.6 cm (7 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• watermark: a shell, unidentified initials [cut off] and the words Antique[cut off] Vellum N[? cut off]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1928, through Martin Birnbaum, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.518

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

incised vertical lines at left and right

Publication History

• David Croal Thomson, E. D. Fridlander, and F. Lessore, Matthew Maris. An Illustrated Souvenir, exh. cat., The French Gallery (Wallis & Son) (London, 1918), no. 48, repr.

Exhibition History

• Paintings, Drawings, and Etchings, by Matthew Maris, The French Gallery (Wallis & Son), London, 11/01/1917 - 01/01/1918

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