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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.148
People
Circle of Pieter Bruegel, the Elder, Netherlandish (Breda (?), Belgium 1526/30 - 1569 Brussels, Belgium)
Title
The Adoration of the Magi; verso: Illegible sketch
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312358

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Two shades of brown ink, blue wash, and black chalk on cream antique laid paper; verso: black chalk
Dimensions
18.8 x 28.3 cm (7 3/8 x 11 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink [same as in drawing]: bruegel
  • inscription: verso, upper center, brown ink: E.N.33.
  • inscription: verso, upper left, red chalk: 5P. [? or SP.]
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 36
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 38 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: C 1/2...
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sir Anthony Westcombe. Bernard Granville. Benjamin Waddington. Lord Treowen, sold; [Llanover sale, 26 June 1934, lot 997]. Alfred Jowett.M. de Beer. Paul Hatvany.
[Christie's, London, 24 June 1980, lot 61], sold; to [Vermeer Associates Limited, Brampton Ontario], long-term loan; to Fogg Art Museum, 1980, sold; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2003.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Special Purchase Fund in honor of Emily Rauh Pulitzer, the Marian H. Phinney Fund, and the Paul J. Sachs Memorial Fund
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.148
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Arthur E. Popham, "Mr. Alfred Jowett's Collection of Drawings at Killinghall", Apollo (1938), XXVII, p. 137, fig. VI

Exhibition History

  • Northern Renaissance Art: Selected Works, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 02/28/1984 - 04/08/1984
  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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