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

A drawing with watercolor depicts a single tulip with a dark green stem and red and white petals. The stem curls slightly, causing the top of the flower to lean towards the left. Two green leaves protrude from the bottom of the stem, facing upwards with pointed ends and curled edges. The flower consists of six white petals, streaked with red largely towards the top and sides of each petal. The artist’s name, the date of the drawing, and the name of the piece are written at the bottom of the paper.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.28
People
Zacharias Blyhooft, Dutch (active by 1658 - d. 1680 or 1682)
Title
Pergon Claermont
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1670
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/360635

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Opaque and transparent watercolor with touches of black chalk on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
30 × 18.2 cm (11 13/16 × 7 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • collector's mark: verso, lower center, purple ink: [rampant lion above HVF monogram, encircled] [Lugt 2799a, mark of Hans van Leeuwen]
  • watermark: center: Arms of Amsterdam
  • inscription: recto, bottom of sheet, in blue watercolor in the artist's hand: Z. Blÿhooft. fecit. 1670. Pergon[a?] Claermont[e?].

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
In Doetinchem, 1983; to Hans van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, sold [through his sale, Christie's, Amsterdam, November 24, 1992, lot 25 (with another drawing)]. [Johann Bosch van Rosenthal, 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
1.2018.28
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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