1.2018.84: Bird perched on a Branch, from Behind
Drawings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1.2018.84
- People
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Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
- Title
- Bird perched on a Branch, from Behind
- Classification
- Drawings
- Work Type
- drawing
- Date
- 17th century
- Culture
- Dutch
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/360585
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Opaque and transparent watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper
- Dimensions
- 15.8 × 20.4 cm (6 1/4 × 8 1/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: lower right, black ink: PH. fe.
- inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: 15
- inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: 121
- inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: D3878
- inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 7
- watermark: fragment of a crowned shield
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Possibly J. A. van Dongen, Amsterdam, sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, c. 1987
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
- 1.2018.84
- Division
- European and American Art
- Contact
- am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Subjects and Contexts
- Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings
Verification Level
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