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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.510
People
Briegner
Title
The Fortune Teller
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299465

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, watercolor, and touches of graphite, with glazes, on cream wove paper
Dimensions
16.2 x 16.2 cm (6 3/8 x 6 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: old mount: The Fortune Teller C. H. Brugner (original) This fine drawing was brought into the country in 849 at which time I purchased it of Richard Grahe, the artist's agent. $12.00.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Richard Grahe

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
1898.510
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • William W. Robinson, "John Witt Randall: An Early American Collector of Later German Drawings", Master Drawings, Master Drawings Association (New York, 2001), vol. 39, no. 2, Summer, pp. 159-168, note 21, p. 167

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