1.2018.26: Two Men with a Poultry Basket

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.2018.26

People

Abraham Bloemaert, Dutch (Gorinchem, Netherlands 1566 - 1651 Utrecht, Netherlands)

Title

Two Men with a Poultry Basket

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/77819

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Brown ink, gray and brown wash, graphite and black chalk on cream antique laid paper

Dimensions

8.7 × 11.9 cm (3 7/16 × 4 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Dr. J. H. H. Kessler, Utrecht. [Kunsthandel J. Wiegersma, Utrecht], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1963

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

1.2018.26

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. 10, p. viii, repr.

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
• Drawn to Daily Life: Dutch Genre Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 03/08/2014 - 09/06/2014

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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