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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2023.635
People
Margareta de Heer, Dutch (Leeuwarden c. 1603 - between 1659-65 Leeuwarden)
Title
Still life of Flowers and Small Animals on a Ledge
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1642
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361384

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on parchment
Dimensions
17.8 × 19.6 cm (7 × 7 11/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower right, brown ink: Margareta de heer / Fecit 1642

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Johan Bosch van Rosenthal, Amsterdam], sold; to George Abrams, Boston, 2014, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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 Justice Ruth I. Abrams, Radcliffe '53, Harvard Law School '56
Accession Year
2023
Object Number
2023.635
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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