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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.205
People
Wigerus Vitringa, Dutch (1655 - 1721)
Title
Seascape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1704
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray and brown wash, and red and blue transparent watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
13.9 x 19.4 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: upper left, brown ink: W: Vitringa 1704
  • watermark: Griffin holding a sword in a circle surmouned by a crown [Wibiral 11e]
  • inscription: upper left, black chalk: Barstraten [?]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Gutekunst 1902. / mc. ml.
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Barstraten
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: c/e 396 [crossed out] 38
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 7...[illegible]/20 9 [encircled and crossed out] / 10 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: B. 21
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: R [crossed out] a

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Otto Gutekunst, to 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
1932.205
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. 541, p. 283-4
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 90, p. 21
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 119 ("Cartella con due stelle d'oro")

Exhibition History

  • 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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