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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.290
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
View of a Castle; verso: Woodland Scene
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299596

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Red chalk on off-white antique laid paper; verso: black and red chalk and gray wash
Dimensions
15.2 x 20.1 cm (6 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, center, purple and brown ink, stamp and pen: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 483. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: former mat, lower left, graphite: Van der Heyden? / Pfaff collection
  • inscription: former mat, lower center, graphite: 17.-18. cent.
  • inscription: former mat, lower center, graphite: 483. / 312. [crossed out]
  • inscription: right edge, graphite: 50 [underlined]
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Pfaff collection, to John Witt Randall?.
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, Bequest to sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892.
Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, MA, inherited from brother John Witt Randall, 1892, 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
1898.290
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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