Harvard Art Museums > M26607: Self-portrait Holding a Burin Prints Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Self-portrait Holding a Burin (Cornelis Visscher) , M26607,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/30388. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number M26607 People Cornelis Visscher, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1628/29 - 1658 Haarlem, Netherlands) Title Self-portrait Holding a Burin Classification Prints Work Type print Date 1649 Culture Dutch Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/30388 Physical Descriptions Technique Engraving Dimensions plate: 14 x 9.4 cm (5 1/2 x 3 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: Corn. Vischer fecit Provenance Recorded Ownership History Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, (2034 (unmarked)), auction sale, 3 March et seq., Amsterdam, 1800. Sold for 100 florins, probably directly to Frans Rechberger, the curator for Count Moriz von Fries, who signed the print and gave the information on the Ploos sale purchase, including price. Frans Rechberger, (2133), purchase at Ploos van Amstel sale, 1800. Signed by Rechbergerm curator for Count Moriz von Fries, with information on the Ploss sale. Count Moriz von Fries, Purchase at Ploos auction sale in March 1800, 1800, Auction sale, Amsterdam, 1824. Sale, 21 June 1824 et seq. Baron Jan G. Verstolk van Soelen., (2490; see L. 2903), purchase at Moriz von Fries auction sale, 1824. Purchase through Broodgeest. Unmarked. Julian Marshall, (1494), auction sale, 30 June 1864 et seq., London, 1864. Purchased from Marshall sale for £4. James Reiss, (1522), auction sale 6-10 May 1901, 1901. Burke, (2794a). Lugt identifies this as the mark of a collector named Burke, but goes on to associate it with Edmund Burke, whose career was in London in the late 18th c. Given the known provenance of the print in The Netherlands at that time, he seems an unlikely Burke. State, Edition, Standard Reference Number State i/ii Standard Reference Number H. 162 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Light-Outerbridge Collection, Gift of Robert M. Light and Acquisition Fund for Prints Accession Year 2005 Object Number M26607 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
