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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
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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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