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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1.2018.17
People
Gerrit Adriaensz Berckheyde, Dutch (Haarlem 1638 - 1698 Haarlem)
Title
Standing Youth in Profile facing left; right foot on barrel; right hand extended
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Dutch
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77821

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Black chalk, partially incised, on off-white antique laid paper; framing line in brown ink; verso blackened with chalk for transfer
Dimensions
25.2 x 15.5 cm (9 15/16 x 6 1/8 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • watermark: none
  • inscription: verso, upper left, brown ink: AB.p.ig
  • inscription: verso, lower left, brown ink: 4 H
  • inscription: verso, bottom center, graphite: P.188-17+45
  • inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: 6 [?]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry M. Knight (1903-1970), sold [through Theo Laurentius and Sam Nijstad]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1972

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
1.2018.17
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
Permissions

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Exhibition History

  • 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

Verification Level

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