7.2019.28: Topographical View of Unidentified Belgian Town

Identification and Creation

Object Number

7.2019.28

People

Adam Frans van der Meulen, Dutch (Brussels 1632 - 1690 Paris)

Title

Topographical View of Unidentified Belgian Town

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Flemish

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/55128

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and black ink on beige antique laid paper, mounted overall; framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

19.7 × 31.2 cm (7 3/4 × 12 5/16 in.)
mount: 31.7 × 41.5 cm (12 1/2 × 16 5/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

E. Mans (mounter). [Schaeffer Galleries, New York], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1964

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

The Maida and George Abrams Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Promised Gift

Accession Year

2019

Object Number

7.2019.28

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Franklin W. Robinson, Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Jewett Arts Center (Wellesley, MA, 1969), cat. 55, repr. (as attributed to Adam Frans van der Meulen)

Exhibition History

• Selections from the Collection of Dutch Drawings of Maida and George Abrams, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Hanover, 03/27/1969 - 04/28/1969; Wellesley College Museum of Art, Wellesley, 05/04/1969 - 06/04/1969; Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence, 09/17/1969 - 10/12/1969; University of Connecticut Museum of Art, Storrs, 10/18/1969 - 11/16/1969

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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