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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.292
People
Frans Snyders, Flemish (Antwerp 1579 - 1657 Antwerp)
Title
Sketches of Animals
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th-17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299246

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing line in brown ink
Dimensions
22.9 x 18.3 cm (9 x 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: former mount, lower center, graphite: original by Sneyders / from the Gilmor collection
  • inscription: former mount, lower right, graphite: Sneyders P. flaming
  • inscription: former mount, lower right, graphite: 407. [encircled]
  • inscription: former mat, verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 374 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: former mount, lower right, graphite: 374 / 407 [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
1898.292
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson and Susan Anderson, Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2016), p. 14, repr. p. 13, fig. 1

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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