1898.563: Bull

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.563

People

Attributed to Jacques Jordaens, Flemish (Antwerp, Belgium 1593 - 1678 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

Bull

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298881

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red, black, white and yellow chalk, with the red chalk moistened with water or oil, white and red opaque watercolor on oatmeal paper, framing line in black ink, laid down

Dimensions

18.6 x 24.5 cm (7 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
mount: 20.8 x 26.6 cm (8 3/16 x 10 1/2 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower left, black chalk, in the artist's hand: carnasiachtich
• inscription: lower right, graphite: Jordaens
• collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink, stamp: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 232 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
• inscription: former mat, lower keft, graphite: 232 / Jan Ducq fecit prep Paul Potter Tucker of Exeter col
• inscription: former mat, lower right, graphite: 141
• inscription: mount, lower right, graphite, crossed out: 5 [? or 8?]
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Tucker, Exeter, England. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, 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

1898.563

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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