1915.16: The Straw Hat, after Rubens

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1915.16

People

Joseph Lindon Smith, American (Pawtucket, RI 1863 - 1950 Dublin, NH)
Copy after Peter Paul Rubens, Flemish (Siegen, Westphalia 1577 - 1640 Antwerp, Belgium)

Title

The Straw Hat, after Rubens

Other Titles

Former Title: Portrait of a Woman - "The Straw Hat" (after Rubens)

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1887

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/306039

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

39.1 x 27.8 cm (15 3/8 x 10 15/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: graphite, l.l.: JLS [monogram] 1887
• watermark: J. Whatman 1887
• inscription: l.l., graphite, in artist's hand: After Rubens / known as "The Straw Hat" / National Gallery, London
• inscription: lower edge, graphite: Gallery
• inscription: lower edge, graphite: [3 in white] - 1 in oak
• inscription: verso, graphite, erased: 1 in oak / 3 in white mat
• inscription: verso, graphite: 14 3/4 x 19 7/8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Denman W. Ross, Cambridge, MA; his gift to the Fogg Art Museum, 1915.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Dr. Denman W. Ross, class of '75

Accession Year

1915

Object Number

1915.16

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

This is a copy of a presumed portrait of Suzanne Fourment generally called "The Straw Hat," painted by Rubens ca. 1622, now in the National Gallery, London.

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