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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.273
People
Albert Flamen, Flemish (1620 - 1692)
Title
Brill (Scophthalmus rhombus)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Rhombus Laevis, La Barbuë
Series/Book Title: Saltwater Fish, Part III
Series/Book Title: Poissons de Mer
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1660
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370249

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.7 × 17.9 cm (4 3/16 × 7 1/16 in.)
sheet: 20.2 × 25.1 cm (7 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: at top edge, partial: partial, matches up with 2021.272 to complete watermark: Grapes in a nearly complete circle, with B COLON BIER with fleur-de-lis after the first B and a heart after the R. Papermaker is Benoit Colombier from Auvergne. 2021.273 is at the bottom of the image, with just the stem and the bottom edges of the near circle (somewhat similar to Heawood 2427).
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: ABFlamen fe
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Rhombus Loeuis La Barbuë
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Cum privil. Regis
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: 450i

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[James A. Bergquist, Boston] sold; to Mariot F. Solomon, Cambridge, 1988, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

State
i/iii
Standard Reference Number
The Illustrated Bartsch 36; Robert-Dumesnil 450

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.273
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Exhibition History

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