2003.159: Scenes from the Legend of Daedalus

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2003.159

People

Attributed to Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Netherlandish (Aelst (now Aalst) 1502 - 1550 Brussels, Belgium)

Title

Scenes from the Legend of Daedalus

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

16th century

Culture

Netherlandish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299030

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

12.2 x 37.8 cm (4 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: mount, lower left, graphite: 5)
• inscription: lower left, brown ink: PV. al[o?]st
• inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: No. W71.
• inscription: remnants of prior mount, verso, lower right, graphite: P. Cocke / v. A.
• watermark: none
• inscription: on slip of antique laid paper, adhered to mount, lower left, brown ink: Pieter Koek van Aalst, is geweest de Schoonvader van Pieter Breugel / (de Vader van Jan Breugel) heeft gefloreerd Ao 1540 a 1550, is geweest / Schilder van Keyser Karel de Vijffde, is gestorven Ao. 1550, zyne / Weduwe is hertroud met Gillis Koninxloo / Zie K: v: Mander Schilderboek pag: 140 a en b.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton, Ontario], long-term loan; to Harvard University Art Museums, 1983; sold, to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Agnes Gund

Accession Year

2003

Object Number

2003.159

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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