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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.70
People
Nicolaas Verkolje, Dutch (Delft 1673 - 1746 Amsterdam)
Previously attributed to Jan Verkolje I, Dutch (Amsterdam 1650 - 1693 Delft)
Title
Infant Moses Taken from his Mother
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Finding of Moses
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299590

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in graphite and with a framing line in graphite, on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
actual: 28.1 x 35.1 cm (11 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite, Dutch: N Verkolje / het afschijd der moeder van haar kind Moses / om het in t biesen kistje te Leggen
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 186 x/5
  • watermark: fleur-de-lis [W. 68]
  • inscription: former mat, in curatorial file, graphite: Nicholas Verkolie from the Gilmor Cabinet Finding of Moses / Coll. of J. Ploos van Amstel
  • inscription: former mat, in curatorial file, graphite: 406
  • inscription: former mat, in curatorial file, graphite: no. 564 / 104.[crossed out]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 406. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (L. 2725, without his mark). 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.

Note
Provenance information from inscriptions in J.W. Randall's hand from his mount.

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
1898.70
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Agnes Mongan and Paul J. Sachs, Drawings in the Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, 1940), vol. 1, cat. no. 564, p. 294, as Nicolaas Verkolje

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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