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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1898.172
People
Julius Bakof, German (1819-1857)
Title
Landscape with Man Crossing a Bridge
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1837
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312514

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black ink and graphite on antique laid paper
Dimensions
9.5 x 13.5 cm (3 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., black ink: J.B. inv. et fec.
  • inscription: lower right, black ink: J.B. inv. et fec.; verso, l.c., black ink: Julius Backof in et fec. Hamburg 1837; graphite: [illegible] in Munchen; on mount, graphite: Julius Backof in et fec./ Hamburg .1837./ [illegible] in München/ Lindner col. cat 37/ 3
  • watermark: Horse

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Lindner; 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
1898.172
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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