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Identification and Creation

Object Number
3.2022.8
People
Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
A Red-Breasted Merganser
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361353

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache, watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
15.4 × 18.8 cm (6 1/16 × 7 3/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 146-11=119
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: Redbreasted merganser
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 86 / P
  • inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: 123
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: [obscured by hinge]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Alister Mathews, London](?) sold; to Maida and George Abrams, 1967

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift
Accession Year
2022
Object Number
3.2022.8
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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