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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.18
People
Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
A Swan
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361355

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on cream antique laid paper
Dimensions
15.3 × 20.5 cm (6 × 8 1/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: PH. fe.
  • inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: 109
  • inscription: verso, center right, graphite: 75
  • inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: 146-11: 119 Trumpeter Swan P

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Alistair Matthews, England], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, c. 1968

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
7.2019.18
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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