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Drawing of a single tulip with a straight, green stem, six red and white petals, and three green leaves.

A drawing with watercolor depicts a single tulip with a green stem and white and red petals. The stem is long and bright green with thre leaves protruding from the bottom. Each leaf has curved edges and pointed tips. Two leaves point upwards while the third points down. There are six white petals with streaks of red across the top and sides of each. Some petals are pointed while others have rounded tips. Two of the petals point outwards and the remaining four face up. The title of the piece “Vroege Perregon” is present at the bottom of the print.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.17
People
Pieter Holsteyn II, Dutch (Haarlem, Netherlands 1614 - 1673 Haarlem, Netherlands)
Previously attributed to Jacob Morel, German (Frankenthal 1614 - 1681 Frankfurt)
Title
A Tulip (Vroege Perregon)
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77810

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite on off-white antique laid paper
Dimensions
31.8 × 20.2 cm (12 1/2 × 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, black ink: Vroege Perregon.
  • inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 7
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 14

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
E. H. Krelage (1634-46), Tulpenboeken, Haarlem. [C.F. Louis de Wild, New York], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1965

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
7.2019.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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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. 41, p. x, repr. (as Jacob Morel [sic])

Exhibition History

Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

Verification Level

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