2023.628: A Young Woman looking in a Mirror held by a Boy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.628

People

Jan de Bray, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands c. 1627 - 1697 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

A Young Woman looking in a Mirror held by a Boy

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

1650s

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/360052

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and red chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

15.7 × 13.8 cm (6 3/16 × 5 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower right, black chalk: JDB[in ligature]ray. 165[?]
• collector's mark: verso, lower center, blue ink stamp: NDG surrounded by a belt [Neville D. Goldsmid; Lugt 1962]
• watermark: foolscap
• collector's mark: verso, center, graphite: Tuffin March 1 1821 [J.F. Tuffin; Lugt 2408b]
• inscription: verso, lower center, on either side of Lugt 1962, graphite: whf[?] L. 1962
• inscription: verso, center, graphite: 39
• inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 5 3/8 x 6 5/8

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel. J.F. Tuffin (Lugt 2408b), probably sold [through his sale, Sotheby's, London, March 1-6, 1821, lot 39]. Herman de Kat, sold [Rotterdam, March 4, 1867, lot 61]. Neville D. Goldsmid, The Hague (Lugt 1962), sold [through his sale, Paris, April 24, 1876, lot 28]. Dr. Nicolaas Beets, Amsterdam, by 1938 [1]. H.L. Larsen, by descent; to his widow, Suzanne Larsen-Menzel, Wassenaar, later Mrs. Frank E. Brower, Beverly Hills, CA, sold [through her sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, November 6, 1947, lot 2]. Eric H.L. Sexton, Rockport, Maine, by descent; to his heirs. [Christie's, New York, January 24, 2001, lot 170]. [Bob Haboldt, Paris], sold; to George Abrams, 2002, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

[1] Beets is listed as the owner in Von Moltke, 1938-39.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in appreciation of Susan Paine

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.628

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Catalogue de la collection de dessins anciens et modernes . . . de feu M. Herman de Kat, auct. cat., Lamme (Rotterdam, March 4, 1867), lot 61
• Catalogue d'estampes anciennes et dessins . . . composant la collection de feu M. Neville D. Goldsmid de la Haye, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, April 25, 1876), lot 28
• J. W. von Moltke, "Jan de Bray", Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft (1938-1939), 11/12, pp. 421-523, no. Z. 171, fig. 77
• Dutch Paintings and Drawings . . . collected by the late H.L. Larsen, auct. cat., Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc. (New York, November 6, 1947), lot 2
• Northern European Old Master Drawings and Oil Sketches, auct. cat., Bob P. Haboldt & Co. (New York, 2001-2002), cat. no. 46, repr.
• Old Master Drawings, auct. cat., Christie's, New York (New York, NY, January 24, 2001), lot 170, repr.

Exhibition History

• Drawn to Daily Life: Dutch Genre Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/08/2014 - 09/06/2014

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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