Harvard Art Museums > 1898.125: Seascape: Men of War Near the Shore Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Seascape: Men of War Near the Shore (Willem van de Velde II) , 1898.125,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/298825. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1898.125 People Willem van de Velde II, Dutch (Leiden 1633 - 1707 Greenwich) Title Seascape: Men of War Near the Shore Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 17th century Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/298825 Physical Descriptions Medium Black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in black chalk Dimensions 19.7 x 30.3 cm (7 3/4 x 11 15/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: lower left, brown ink: W V V f inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: haf soo groot [with verical dotted lines at center of inscription] inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: 3A [? indistinct latter character] watermark: IM [countermark] inscription: right center [left of mast], black chalk: L inscription: lower right, black chalk: k [?] inscription: former mount, in curatorial file, graphite: Wm Vandervelde the Younger / original precious peice Gilmor Cabinet Provenance Recorded Ownership History Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892. Note Gilmor provenance from a note on the original mat in the hand of John Witt Randall. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Belinda L. Randall from the collection of John Witt Randall Accession Year 1898 Object Number 1898.125 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 534, pp. 280-1; vol. 2, repr. fig. 274 An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 61, p. 15 Agnes Mongan, "The Fogg Art Museum's Collection of Drawings", Harvard Library Bulletin, Harvard University (Cambridge, 1958), vol. 3, no. 2, March, pp. 5-9, p.199, repr. as pl. IV 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
