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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.29
People
Jan van Noordt, Dutch (Schagen 1623/24 - after 1676)
Previously attributed to Jacob Adriaensz. Backer, Dutch (Harlingen, Netherlands 1608/09 - 1651 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Title
Portrait of a Man
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/361387

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper
Dimensions
33 × 26 cm (13 × 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry Oppenheimer, sold [through his sale, Christie's, London, July 10-14, 1936, lot 212 (as Backer)]. Sold [through Samuel T. Freeman and Co., Philadelphia, November 29, 1948, lot 133]. Virginia H. Knauer, Washington, DC.; [Freeman's, Philadelphia, April 30, 2012, lot 237 (bought in)]; sold [Freeman's, Philadelphia, February 13, 2013, lot 689 (as Backer)]. Private collection, Massachusetts. [Nissman Abromson, Boston] sold; to 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
7.2019.29
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue of the Famous Collection of Old Master Drawings Formed by the Late Henry Oppenheimer, Esq., F.S.A., auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, July 10, 1936 - July 14, 1936), lot 212 (as Backer)

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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