1.2018.93: Six Shells

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.2018.93

People

Jan van Huysum I, Dutch (active 1654 - 1659)

Title

Six Shells

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th-18th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/77130

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

15 x 30.2 cm (5 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Alfred Brod, London.] Maida and George Abrams, Boston, c. 1970

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

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

Accession Year

2018

Object Number

1.2018.93

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Framing line in pen and brown ink, probably by the artist. Vertical center fold.

Publication History

• Franklin W. Robinson, ed., Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, exh. cat., Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute (Williamstown, MA, 1972), cat. 15, pp. 15 and 52-3, repr. p. 2

Exhibition History

• Things of this World: A Selection of Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 10/31/1972 - 02/25/1973
• 32Q: 2300 Dutch & Flemish, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/11/2023 - 01/22/2024

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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