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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.274
People
Albert Flamen, Flemish (Bruges, Belgium c. 1620 - 1692 France)
Title
Common Barbel (Barbus barbus)
Other Titles
Original Language Title: Barbus, Le Barbeau
Series/Book Title: Fresh Water Fish, Part I
Series/Book Title: Poissons d'eau douce
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
c. 1660
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370527

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Etching with engraving and drypoint on cream antique laid paper
Technique
Etching
Dimensions
plate: 10.5 × 16.8 cm (4 1/8 × 6 5/8 in.)
sheet: 16.9 × 23.6 cm (6 5/8 × 9 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower left, graphite: R-D 453 i
  • inscription: in plate, lower left: AB Flamen fe
  • inscription: in plate, lower center: Barbus. Le Barbeau.
  • inscription: in plate, lower right: Cum privil. Regis

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 39; Robert-Dumesnil 453

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.274
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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