2023.624: Barnyard with Peacocks, Chickens, and Turkeys

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2023.624

People

Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)

Title

Barnyard with Peacocks, Chickens, and Turkeys

Other Titles

Former Title: A Peacock and Farmyard Fowl beside Buildings in a Landscape

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/361389

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on paper adhered to panel

Dimensions

panel: 28 × 38.8 cm (11 × 15 1/4 in.)
frame: 37.1 × 47.8 × 4.4 cm (14 5/8 × 18 13/16 × 1 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: lower center: P. Holsteyn: fe.
• label: verso, center, printed: GANDER & WHITE / SHIPPING LTD / 21 Lillie Road, London, SW6 1UE / Telephone: 0171 381 0571 / WB: / Client: [handwritten:] OTTO / Item No.:

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Mevr. A. van Beeck-Calkoen, 1966. Sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, May 22, 1989, lot 16]. [Philips, London, February 27, 1990, lot 34]. Sold [through unidentified Sotheby's sale, c. 2000-2005]; to George Abrams, Boston, 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

Accession Year

2023

Object Number

2023.624

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Old Master Paintings, auct. cat., Sotheby's, Amsterdam (Amsterdam, May 22, 1989), p. 14, lot 16, repr.
• Old Master Paintings, auct. cat., Phillips, London (London, Februrary 27, 1990), p. 34, lot 34, repr.

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