1898.529: Peasant Woman and Dog on the Edge of a Forest

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.529

People

Follower of Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers I, Dutch (Amsterdam 1749 - 1842 Amsterdam)

Title

Peasant Woman and Dog on the Edge of a Forest

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th-19th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298831

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on off-white wove paper, with a framing line in black chalk

Dimensions

49.4 x 36.6 cm (19 7/16 x 14 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: upper right, graphite: O.k [?]
• inscription: lower right, graphite: 192 8/- ...[illegible] 10 [altered to read 29]
• inscription: upper left, graphite: 92
• inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: H
• collector's mark: verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 141. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
• inscription: former mat, graphite: Gainsborough? / Evans, London, imported
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 1892.

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

1898.529

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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