1898.295: Little Girls with Flowers

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.295

People

Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Little Girls with Flowers

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th-18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299597

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on off-white antique laid paper, prepared with brown wash, traces of a framing line in black chalk

Dimensions

15 x 17.9 cm (5 7/8 x 7 1/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: verso, center, graphite: Matham
• inscription: verso, lower center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 247 (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
• inscription: former mount, graphite: James Matham fec von Quandt / cabinet
• inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 247 / 233. [crossed out]
• watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Von Quandt, 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

1898.295

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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