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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.108
People
Abraham Meertens (Middleburg 1747 - 1823 Middleburg)
Title
Birds in a Landscape
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1757
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360629

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent watercolor over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
52.1 × 40 cm (20 1/2 × 15 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: verso, lower left, brown ink: A. Meerten / Middelburg 1757
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: 2

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Walter Chrysler, sold [via Nordest Gallery]; 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
1.2018.108
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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