1898.296: Landscape with Cattle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.296

People

Johannes Janson (1729 - 1784)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist

Title

Landscape with Cattle

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299248

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk and gray wash on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk

Dimensions

17.1 x 23 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, graphite: J. Janson
• inscription: verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 195. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
• inscription: former mount, graphite: Drawn by Jacob Janson an eminent Dutch Painter / of Landscape + Cattle who flourished in 1785. J also etched / From an Amsterdam col / Grand Pensionary of Leyden Cabinet
• inscription: mat, lower left, graphite: 195.
• inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 346.
• watermark: Pro Patria with IBERENDS below

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Grand Pensionary, Leiden. Private Collector, Amsterdam. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, bequest; Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 18922, 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

1898.296

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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