1898.528: Satyr

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.528

People

P. L. van den Eeckhout, Dutch

Title

Satyr

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299253

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Red chalk, moistened in places, over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a partial framing line in red chalk

Dimensions

40.7 x 28.4 cm (16 x 11 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: lower right, red chalk: P: L: van den Eeck... [cut off]
• countermark: center: "IV" countermark, similar to Heawood no. 2745 - London 1755.
• inscription: former mount, graphite: Gilmor Col. / Van den Eeckhout
• inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: X
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 11
• collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 399 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)

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

1898.528

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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