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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.167
People
Herman Swanevelt, Dutch (Woerden, Netherlands 1600 - 1655 Paris)
Title
Italianate Landscape with Ruins
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360569

Location

Location
Level 2, Room 2400, European Art, 17th century, Rome and Its Influence in the Seventeenth Century
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Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown and gray wash over graphite on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in brown ink
Dimensions
21.2 × 31.1 cm (8 3/8 × 12 1/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Th. Wijk
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Worst
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: (12/68)
  • collector's mark: verso, upper left, purple ink: B.F. [Lugt 3835, mark of Bernhard Funck]
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, purple ink: [indiscernible]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: 76
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 58
  • watermark: fragment: star connected to a oval

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Alfred Brod, London]. Bernhard Funck, Munich (Lugt 3835). Schmid collection, Vienna (?). Maida and George Abrams, Boston

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2018
Object Number
1.2018.167
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

  • 32Q: 2400 French/Italian/Spanish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 08/05/2024 - 12/16/2024

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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