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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.3
People
Balthasar van der Ast, Dutch (Middelburg, Netherlands 1593 - 1657 Delft, Netherlands)
Title
Nasturtium Indicum
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
c. 1620-40
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360611

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor and brown ink over graphite on off-white cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
31.4 × 20.3 cm (12 3/8 × 8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: recto, brown ink, lower left: Narsturtium / Indicum / 460
  • watermark: center of sheet: Strasbourg lily

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Eyre & Hobhouse Ltd., London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1983

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
1.2018.3
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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