Drawing of a tulip with white petals streaked with red, a long green stem, and three green leaves.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A drawing with watercolor depicts a single tulip with a bright green stem and white and red petals. The bright green stem is long and straight with three leaves protruding from it. One leaf grows off the bottom of the stem while the other two are more towards the middle. All three leaves face upwards with pointed tips and curled edges. The petals are white with multiple red stripes across each. Each petal curls outward with a pointed tip. The title of the piece “koornhert” is present at the bottom right of the paper.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.87
People
Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Koornhert
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360634

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
31.5 × 20.8 cm (12 3/8 × 8 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: koornhert.
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 3582
  • inscription: verso, upper right, graphite: 176
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: DE947 - RL 8 - 4 / Richard 144 mm
  • watermark: eagle encircled in an adorned wreath

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Christina van Marle, Amsterdam], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2011

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
1.2018.87
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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