An arrangement of delicate flowers along a stem in a cross-stitch like design.
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Small bouquets of five-petaled flowers are depicted in five bunches within diamond-basket shapes along a green leafy stem. Three bouquets are drawn near the top and two strings of flowers in a row grow out near the bottom of the stem. The largest bunch of pink flowers is in the center top, flanked by a dark blue or purple bunch on each side. The cool greens of the twisting stem and leaves vary from light to dark, with small delicate leaves along the stems. The drawing looks like cross-stitching. Blank paper background.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.7
People
Attributed to Barbara Regina Dietzsch, German (Nuremberg, Germany 1706 - 1783 Nuremberg, Germany)
Previously attributed to Maria Sibylla Merian, German (Frankfurt am Main 1647 - 1717 Amsterdam)
Title
Pomegranate Flower with Insects
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
18th century
Culture
German
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77475

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache on dark brown prepared paper
Dimensions
28.2 × 20.8 cm (11 1/8 × 8 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Jon Nicholas Streep, New York]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, circa 1966

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
7.2019.7
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 18, pp. 56-7, repr. p. 38 as Merian

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

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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