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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1932.209
People
Follower of Jan van Goyen, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1596 - 1656 The Hague, Netherlands)
Title
Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298664

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, gray wash, and later brown wash, incised, on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown and black ink and black chalk
Dimensions
8.8 x 13.7 cm (3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, brown ink, pen: A.W. [imitation of Waterloo's monogram]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink, pen: 631
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: N3
  • watermark: fragment: 4+ over HP [almost identical to 1932.193]
  • collector's mark: verso, upper left, black ink, stamp: L. 1496 (John MacGowan)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John M. MacGowan, Edinburgh (L. 1496, with his mark), possibly his sale; [T. Philipe, London, 26 January-4 February 1804, lot 270]. 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
1932.209
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. 509, p. 269
  • Carlo Francini, "L'inventario della collezione Loeser alla Villa Gattaia", Bollettino della Società di Studi Fiorentini (2000), no. 6, p. 120 ("Cartella con due stelle d'oro")

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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