Several figures in layered clothing and hats stand on a foggy beach next to the edge of a beached ship.
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Two clusters of three figures each. One cluster is at the center and they look up as if they are interacting with someone out of sight far above on the deck of the ship. One figure cups their hands around their mouth to call out. Another cluster is to the left and watch the first cluster, speaking to each other. All of the figures wear muted grey and earth-tone clothing which is loose and layered and cloth wrapped around the head, several also wear wide-brimmed hats. They hold baskets or bags, and one figure holds a very long rod.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1933.31
People
Bernardus Johannes Blommers, Dutch (The Hague, The Netherlands 1845 - 1914 The Hague, The Netherlands)
Title
Fisherwomen on the Beach
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298699

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and gouache over charcoal on off-white wove paper
Dimensions
41.3 x 52.8 cm (16 1/4 x 20 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., brown watercolor: Blommers
  • inscription: Verso, center back, graphite: 866
  • inscription: Verso, center left edge, graphite: 13
  • inscription: Verso, center lower edge: 866 YSE (underlined) / RAE (under YSE)
  • inscription: Verso, l.r., graphite: 40105

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. William Lambert Richardson, Boston, Massachusetts, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1933

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Estate of Dr. William Lambert Richardson, Class of 1864
Accession Year
1933
Object Number
1933.31
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • 19th Century European Art, auct. cat., Christie's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, April 26, 2006), under lot no. 89

Exhibition History

  • Dutch Water Colors of the 19th Century, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/1935 - 03/31/1935
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/04/2021 - 01/31/2022

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