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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.111
People
Gillis Neyts, Flemish (Ghent, Belgium 1623 - 1687 Antwerp, Belgium)
Title
Fantasy Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360592

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink on parchment, mounted at two sides
Dimensions
20.3 × 27.7 cm (8 × 10 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, brown ink: N 3592 [Lugt 2987, mark of Johann Goll van Franckenstein]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 23. [illegible text]
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: AE. neyts. f

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johan Goll van Franckenstein (1722-1785), Amsterdam (Lugt 2987). Sold [through Sotheby's, London, June 27, 1974, lot 85]; to [Basket and Day, London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1974

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
1.2018.111
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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