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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.299
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Putti Carrying Branches
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299598

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in black chalk
Dimensions
24.5 x 38.8 cm (9 5/8 x 15 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: LVG K [Britannia shield] with countermark IV
  • inscription: verso, lower center, red ink: No. 1938. / S. ne.
  • inscription: verso, lower left, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 111. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: former mount, graphite: not in the Lindner Cat From Sir Edward Buchans collection / bought at Dresden 1851 / Jacob de Witt fecit / (Sir Edward Buchan) gi
  • inscription: former mount, lower right, red chalk: Jac. de Wit
  • inscription: mat, lower left, graphite: 111.
  • inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 135 [crossed out]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly Sir Edward Buchan, Dresden. John Witt Randall, Boston, Massachusetts, 1851, bequest; to Belinda Lull Randall, 1892, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1892.

NOTE: Buchan's ownership and year of acquisition are from an inscription in Randall's hand on his mat.

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
1898.299
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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