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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2003.149
People
Pseudo-Ortkens, Netherlandish (active c. 1500 - 1530)
Previously attributed to Aert van Ortkens, Netherlandish (active c. 1513 - c. 1538)
Title
Susanna and the Elders Before the Judge
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312362

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
diam.: 22.5 cm (8 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, upper center, graphite: p.16
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 9/7
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 12
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Th. Cremer. [Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, no. 25], sold; to [Vermeer Associates, Ltd., Brampton, Ontario], 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 Suzanne and Alan J. Dworsky
Accession Year
2003
Object Number
2003.149
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Timothy B. Husband, The Luminous Image: Painted Glass Roundels in the Lowlands, 1480-1560, exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, 1995), fig. 2, p. 140

Exhibition History

  • Prints and Drawings from the Time of Holbein and Breugel, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, 11/21/1985 - 01/12/1986
  • Northern Renaissance Stained Glass: Continuity and Transformations, Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, 02/02/1987 - 03/08/1987

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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