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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.561
People
Jan Lievens, Dutch (Leiden, Netherlands 1607 - 1674 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
After a print by Lucas Vorsterman, I, Flemish (Zaltbommel 1595 - 1675 Antwerp)
Title
Portrait of Nicholas Lanier (copy after Lievens)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/298880

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink, gray wash and graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in graphite
Dimensions
29.1 x 20.1 cm (11 7/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
mount: 43.5 x 34 cm (17 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower edge, brown ink: Nicolas Lanier in aula Serenissimi Caroli Magnae Britaniae Musicae artis / Directori, ad modum Insigni Pictori, Caeterarimq Artium Liberalium maxime / Antiquitatum Italiae Admiratori et Amatori Summo, Moccenati suo Unice / Joh: Lÿviüs pinxit.
  • collector's mark: mount, lower center, blue ink, stamp: L. 1440 (Jules Dupan)
  • inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: N.G. no 745
  • inscription: mount, lower right, grahpite: P.V.
  • inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: Jan Lievens / It is the portrait of / Nicholas Lanier Painter / see Walpole's anecdotes
  • inscription: mount, lower right, graphite: 9 / 98 [encircled] [crossed out]
  • inscription: mount, lower right, grahpite: 357
  • inscription: mount, lower right, brown ink: No 1918
  • inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: 30
  • inscription: mount, upper center, graphite: m/25
  • watermark: shield or crest with eagle and bend
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, graphite: No 10 [crossed out] no 5 [underlined]
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper left, brown ink, crossed out in graphite: N. 5
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper right, brown ink: Lievens [in the same hand as N. 5]
  • inscription: mount, verso, upper right, red chalk: 745
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower right, graphite: Jean livius pinxt.
  • inscription: mount, verso, lower left, graphite: 20
  • watermark: mount: i.C de R.iM - HoE
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 234. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Jules Dupan, Geneva (L. 1440, with his mark), his sale; [Hôtel des Ventes, Paris, 26-28 March 1840, lot 745], sold. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 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
1898.561
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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