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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.292
People
Jacob Matham, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1571 - 1631 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Mercury and Herse
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361349

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink and wash with white opaque watercolor over black chalk on beige antique laid paper
Dimensions
27.5 × 42.5 cm (10 13/16 × 16 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Verso, center, brown ink: Fiamingo
  • collector's mark: Verso, upper right, black ink stamp: [unidentified collector's mark]
  • inscription: Verso, upper left, brown ink: 2R [?]
  • inscription: Verso, upper right, black chalk: s [?]
  • inscription: Verso, lower right, graphite: u [?]
  • inscription: Verso, center, brown ink: [illegible]
  • inscription: inside of old mat, graphite: FM#7 4/8 F37457

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Hill Stone, New York], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2008, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in memory of Anne Piersol Murray "Nancy" Morgan, Radcliffe Class of 1946
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.292
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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