1898.291: Ships

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1898.291

People

Ary van Wanum (1733 - 1780)
Previously attributed to Unidentified Artist

Title

Ships

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299718

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Gray ink and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

16.1 x 27.8 cm (6 5/16 x 10 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: verso, lower left, graphite: A: van Wanum Inventer et Fecit
• watermark: Pro patria
• inscription: verso, lower left, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 404. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
• inscription: former mount, graphite: from the Lindner Cabinet at Leipsic. Cat. 911S. / Ary van Wamum according to Immerzeel / K. van Wannum Nagler calls him B. Dortrecht. Died 1780. / a Draughtsman of note. / Lindner 918 "sehr schöne Zeichnung in Nooms + v. d. Velde Spraktur [?]. f.
• inscription: former mount, lower left, graphite: 404
• inscription: mat, lower right, graphite: 350.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Lindner, Leipzig; John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 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

1898.291

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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