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Identification and Creation

Object Number
7.2019.25
People
Master of the Arundel Sketchbook, Flemish
Title
A Starling
Other Titles
Former Title: Black Bird, in profile facing left
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/77883

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Gouache and watercolor on antique laid paper
Dimensions
sight: 11.6 × 17.2 cm (4 9/16 × 6 3/4 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: verso of backing board, top half, graphite: FLEMISH School / (middle of the 17th Century) / A Starling / Gouache: 120 x 170 mm / Provenance: The Ear of Arundel / John Towneley / Lord Mowbry and Stowton
  • inscription: backing board, graphite, lower left : 1370 [encircled]
  • inscription: verso of backing board, lower right, graphite: £400
  • label: verso of backing board, lower center, printed text: Alfred Brod Gallery / Fine Old Paintings and Drawings / 36 Sackville Street, / LondonW.1 Regent 7886. No.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
The Earl of Arundel. John Towneley, Esq., sold [through his estate sale, King, London, May 26-30, 1818, lot 528 (the full album)]. Lord Mowbray and Stourton, sold [through Sotheby's, London, July 1, 1965, lot 163 (the full album; this sheet given as no. 16)]; to [Alfred Brod Gallery, London], sold (disbanded); to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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
7.2019.25
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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