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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.214
People
Cornelis Bega, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1631/32 - 1664 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Smiling Old Woman with a Fur Cap
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364024

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
5.2 × 3.9 cm (2 1/16 × 1 9/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: MA115H
  • inscription: verso, center, graphite: #408
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 3 1/4
  • inscription: verso, lower center, graphite: 3 1/2
  • collector's mark: verso, lower left, black ink: [Lugt 1432, mark of J.P.M.Cerroni]
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 4
  • inscription: verso, upper left, black ink: WKoller 1850 [encircled] [Lugt 1583, mark of Wilhelm Koller]
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: O4

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Johann Peter Maria Cerroni (1753-1826), Brunn (Lugt 1432), sold [through his sale, MM. Artaria et Compagnie, Vienna, October 20, 1828, lot 408]. Wilhelm Koller (d. 1871), Vienna (Lugt 1583), sold [through his sale, February 5, 1872, Alexander Posonyi, Vienna, part of lot 72]. [Artemis Fine Arts, London]; sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1983, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 4

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Gift of George Abrams in honor of Peter van den Brink, Director of the Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen
Accession Year
2020
Object Number
2020.214
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Catalogue Détaille de la Précieuse Collection d'Estampes..., auct. cat., MM. Artaria et Compagnie (Vienna, October 20, 1828), lot 408
  • Oelgemälde, Handzeichnungen und Aquarelle, Kupferstiche, Radirungen, Holzschnitte, plastische Kunstwerke (Antiquitäten, kunstvolles Mobiliar) und eine reiche Bibliothek, auct. cat., Alexander Posonyi (Vienna, February 5, 1872), lot 72

Exhibition History

  • Cornelis Bega: Eleganz und raue Sitten, Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, Aachen, 03/15/2012 - 06/10/2012; Gemäldegalerie Berlin, 07/01/2012 - 10/02/2012

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