Incorrect Username, Email, or Password
This object does not yet have a description.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.509
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Descent from the Cross
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Pieta
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298878

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black ink
Dimensions
19.3 x 15 cm (7 5/8 x 5 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: Gilmor col
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 577. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: lower right, graphite: S Fokke fec?
  • inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 577. / 238 [crossed out]
  • watermark: none

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.

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
1898.509
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.

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