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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2020.251
People
Wallerant Vaillant, Dutch (Lille, France 1623 - 1677 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
After Cornelis Bega, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1631/32 - 1664 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Title
Four Peasants at an Inn
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/364058

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Mezzotint on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Mezzotint
Dimensions
plate: 30.3 × 22.6 cm (11 15/16 × 8 7/8 in.)
sheet: 31.8 × 24 cm (12 1/2 × 9 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: [illegible] / [illegible] / 4 / W. 176
  • inscription: verso, bottom, graphite: [long inscription in German]
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Vaillant / SM8.)
  • inscription: verso, lower center, erased inscription: Ancien [illegible] / W [or N] 2553 [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Maida and George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/ii
Standard Reference Number
Hollstein 132; Wesseley 176

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
2020.251
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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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