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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.33
People
Jan Saenredam, Dutch (Zaandam 1565 - 1607 Assendelft)
Previously attributed to Hendrick Goltzius, Dutch (Mühlbracht 1558 - 1617 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Allegory with Two Female Figures
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361320

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and red chalk on vellum
Dimensions
11.6 × 9.1 cm (4 9/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • label: backing board, top half, printed text: RARE OLD ETCHINGS / AND ENGRAVINGS / TELEPHONE, 2789 MURRAY HILL / R. EDERHEIMER / PRINT CABINET / 366 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK / [typewritten:] Original Drawing / Dutsch [sic] School around 1600 / attributed to Goltzius / but more likely by Saenredam
  • inscription: verso of backingboard, upper center, ballpoint pen: CP132 / Rb. 3
  • inscription: verso of backingboard, lower left, black marker: FP95

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[R. Ederheimer Print Cabinet, New York]. [Shaeffer Galleries, New York]. 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
2019
Object Number
7.2019.33
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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