Seated Boy with Crossed Legs, head tilted; verso: sketch of skeleton

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1.2018.60
People: Attributed to Willem Cornelisz. Duyster, Dutch (Amsterdam 1599 - 1635)
Title: Seated Boy with Crossed Legs, head tilted; verso: sketch of skeleton
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: 17th century
Culture: Dutch
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/77479

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black and white chalk on gray prepared paper; verso: black chalk

Dimensions

25.4 x 20.9 cm (10 x 8 1/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: Hand of George Abrams, former mat, mounted to current mat, blue ink: WILLEM CORNELISZ DUYSTER / b. AMSTERDAM 1599, d. AMSTERDAM 1635
collector's mark: verso, lower right, purple ink stamp: [abraded letters in a circle]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Sold [possibly through Houthakker]; to Maida and George Abrams, circa 1983

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: 1.2018.60
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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