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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.172
People
Gaspar van Wittel (called Vanvitelli), Dutch (Amersfort, Netherlands 1652 - 1736 Rome, Italy)
Title
Landscape; verso: Landscape sketch with monument
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th-18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298518

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, gray wash, and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper; verso: graphite, black ink, and red chalk
Dimensions
actual: 26.7 x 41.6 cm (10 1/2 x 16 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of former mat, pencil: Claudio
  • watermark: Fleur de lis, encircled [close to Heawood 1591; Venice 1690]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles A. Loeser, Florence; Bequest of Charles A. Loeser, 1932.172

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser
Accession Year
1932
Object Number
1932.172
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), vol. 1, cat. no. 544, p. 285; vol. 2, repr. fig. 283
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 87, p. 20
  • Giuliano Briganti, Gaspar van Wittel, Electa (Milan, Italy, 1996), cat. no. D23, p. 308, repr. p. 309
  • 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

  • Unidentified Exhibition, Zanesville Art Institute, 1950, Zanesville Art Institute, Zanesville, 01/01/1950 - 12/31/1950
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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