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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.187.282
People
Unidentified Artist
Title
Caryatid Figure and Sketches of Legs; verso: Caryatid Figure, Rams' Heads, Vase
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
16th century
Culture
Netherlandish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/48510

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink over graphite on cream antique laid paper; verso: brown ink over graphite; some red chalk on vase
Dimensions
24.2 x 18.5 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: graphite, lower right: 1.00
  • inscription: blue pencil, upper left: 444
  • inscription: verso, upper left, graphite: [fragment of unidentified mark or inscription]
  • watermark: none

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis W. Black; gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.187.282
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Verso drawings of rams' heads and vase are on two separate smaller sheets adhered to larger sheet, covering another caryatid figure

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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