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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.63
People
Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh, Dutch (Rotterdam 1611 - 1670 Rotterdam)
Title
A Peasant Broiling Meat
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1638
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/299741

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk on parchment, framing line in graphite
Dimensions
21 × 19.5 cm (8 1/4 × 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: on stool, black cahlk: H [illegible letter ] fe 1638
  • collector's mark: verso, center, purple ink stamp and brown ink: L. 2130 [with accompanying inscription] 511. [crossed out] 599. (John Witt Randall Collection at Harvard College)
  • inscription: lower edge, graphite: P. Brower
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
John Witt Randall, Boston, MA; bequest to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892; gift to Harvard University, 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
1898.63
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. 503, p. 267, as Dutch, 17th century
  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, checklist, Unpublished (1954), cat. no. 58, p. 14 (as Dutch, XVII century)
  • W. Schulz, Herman Saftleven, 1609-1685: Leben und Werke: mit einem kritischen Katalog..., De Gruyter (Berlin, Germany and New York, NY, 1982), p. 456, no. 1300

Exhibition History

  • An Exhibition of Dutch and Flemish Drawings and Watercolors, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 04/01/1954 - 04/30/1954

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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