1932.180: Portrait Study of a Military Gentleman

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1932.180

People

Unidentified Artist

Title

Portrait Study of a Military Gentleman

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298550

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted overall

Dimensions

actual: 37.0 x 22.2 cm (14 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 2799 (William Mayor)
• collector's mark: lower left and lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 1874 (Moses Haughton)
• inscription: mount, verso, graphite, French?: papier bleuté ou verdatre
• watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

William Mayor, London (L. 2799, with his mark), his sale [Mr. Stanley, London, 31 May-3 June 1630, possibly part of lot 362 (as van Dyck)]. Moses Haughton, London (L. 1874, with his mark). Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1932.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Charles A. Loeser

Accession Year

1932

Object Number

1932.180

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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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. 476, pp. 247-48
• 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")

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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