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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.176
People
Circle of Bartholomeus Breenbergh, Dutch (Deventer, Netherlands 1598 - 1657 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Previously attributed to Claude Lorrain, French (Chamagne 1604 - 1682 Rome)
Title
A Rocky Landscape; verso: Study of Rocks
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298333

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Two tones of brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink over graphite
Dimensions
12.6 x 17.1 cm (4 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932

Notes:
In a diary entry from Paris, France dated February 28, 1909, Charles A. Loeser states that he purchased a work by Claude from “Lippmann.” This entry almost certainly refers to this drawing, but the identity of Lippmann is unknown.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.176
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), no. 577, fig. 294
  • Marcel Roethlisberger, Claude Lorrain: The Drawings, University of California Press (Berkeley, 1968), vol. 1 p. 436 (as circle of Bartolomeus Breenbergh)
  • Konrad Oberhuber, ed., Old Master Drawings: Selections from the Charles A. Loeser Bequest, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1979), pp. 105-106 cat. no. 46, repr. p. 105
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con quattro stelle nere")

Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/05/2024 - 12/16/2024

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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