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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.326
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Knights and Soldiers
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298873

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash on off-white antique laid paper, autograph framing lines in brown ink, mounted overall
Dimensions
31.6 x 23.3 cm (12 7/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
mount: 32.2 x 23.6 cm (12 11/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: lower right, black ink, stamp: L. 474 (probably Comte de Caylus, formerly pseudo-Crozat)
  • inscription: secondary mount, lower left, purple stamp and brown: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 136. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: mat, lower left and lower right, graphite: [lower left] Batista Franco il Semolei... [? illegible ] M. Angelo del [lower right] Gilmor Cabinet.
  • inscription: secondary mount, lower right, graphite: 598 [encircled]
  • inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 136.
  • inscription: mount, verso, center, graphite: Battista Franco
  • inscription: secondary mount, verso, center, graphite: B. Franco
  • watermark: none visible

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Probably Comte de Caylus, Paris (L. 474). 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.

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
1898.326
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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