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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.203
People
Jacob Esselens, Dutch (1626 - 1687)
Title
A Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298648

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk and gray wash on off-white antique laid paper, framing line in gray ink
Dimensions
19 x 31.9 cm (7 1/2 x 12 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 1 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: Esselens
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: W. Schellenks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Amsterdam 1901 / L'O fl.
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink, stamp: L. 1687 (Karl Eduard von Liphart)
  • collector's mark: verso, upper right, purple ink stamp and black ink: L. 1758 [with accompanying inscription] 796 (Reinhold von Liphart)
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Karl Eduard von Liphart, Dorpat, Bonn and Florence (L. 1687, with his mark), probably bequeathed; to Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart, Rathshof near Dorpat, Russia (L. 1758 with his mark), [H. G. Gutekunst, Amsterdam], sold; to Charles A. Loeser, Florence, Italy, 1901, 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
1932.203
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. 500, p. 266, as Dutch, 17th century
  • 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")

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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