1.2018.165: Peasant Seated at Table Holding a Glass

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1.2018.165

People

Hendrik Martensz. Sorgh, Dutch (Rotterdam 1611 - 1670 Rotterdam)

Title

Peasant Seated at Table Holding a Glass

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

17th century

Culture

Dutch

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/77868

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black chalk on parchment, framing line in brown ink

Dimensions

11.9 x 8.8 cm (4 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: Lower right: S....R
• inscription: verso, lower left, graphite: g.c.-
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: 1892 [encircled]
• inscription: verso, lower right, graphite: Bs.
• inscription: mount, under drawing, lower center, graphite: H. M. Sorgh
• inscription: mount, under drawing, lower right, graphite: no: 114
• inscription: mount, lower center, brown ink: H. M. Sorgh
• collector's mark: verso, lower right, black ink stamp: L. 1272 (Bernard Houthakker)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam (L. 1272, verso, lower right), sold [through his sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, November 17-18, 1975, lot 98]; to Maida and George S. Abrams, Boston

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

1.2018.165

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

Back of sheet coated

Subjects and Contexts

• Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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