1933.53: The Oxcart

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1933.53

People

Anton Mauve, Dutch (Zaandam (Zaanstad), The Netherlands 1838 - 1888 Arnhem, The Netherlands)

Title

The Oxcart

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1870-1875

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298700

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gouache on cream wove paper

Dimensions

23.1 x 32.4 cm (9 1/8 x 12 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: l.r., black watercolor, in artist's hand: A Mauve
• inscription: verso, bottom edge, ink: G 8003 PNA [Doll & Richards?]
• inscription: verso, l.l. corner: Char..... [?] [erased]
• stamp: verso of mount, center, blue ink: 372
• inscription: verso of mount, center, graphite: 31366 (crossed out) H0104 ---1
• inscription: verso of mount, l.l., dark brown ink: G (or C?) 8003 PNA [this could be a Doll & Richards number]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Doll & Richards, Fine Art Dealers, Boston (?) (see labels)]. Dr. William Lambert Richardson; gift of his estate to the Fogg Art Museum, 1933

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of the Estate of Dr. William Lambert Richardson, 1864

Accession Year

1933

Object Number

1933.53

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Eric M. Rosenberg and Miriam Stewart, The Harvest of 1830: The Barbizon Legacy, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 1990), p. 17

Exhibition History

• Dutch Water Colors of the 19th Century, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/19/1935 - 03/31/1935
• The Harvest of 1830: the Barbizon Legacy, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/25/1990 - 10/21/1990

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