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Drawing of a tulip with white and red striped petals. The green stem is long with three green leaves.

A drawing with watercolor depicts a single tulip with a green stem and red and white petals. The stem is long, straight, thin, and bright green with three leaves protruding from the bottom. Each leaf faces towards the sky with a pointed tip and curled edges. There are seven white petals streaked with red at the top of the flower. The petals are both rounded and pointed and all point straight upwards. The title of the piece “Wit en root Boode” is present at the bottom left of the print.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.104
People
Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Previously attributed to Jacob Marrel, Dutch (Frankenthal 1613/14 - 1681 Frankfurt am Main)
Title
A Tulip with White and Red Stripes (Wit en root Boode)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360613

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor and gray ink over graphite on antique laid paper
Dimensions
31.5 × 20.6 cm (12 3/8 × 8 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, black ink: wit en root Boode

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Sold [possibly by C. F. Louis de Wild]; to 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
1.2018.104
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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