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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1956.185.8
People
Godfried Maes, Flemish (Antwerp 1649 - 1700)
Title
Saint Ambrose
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing, album page
Date
17th century
Culture
Flemish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/97063

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Brown ink, brown and gray wash over black chalk on antique laid paper, mounted on album leaf
Dimensions
16 x 13.8 cm (6 5/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
mount: 21.2 × 18.6 cm (8 3/8 × 7 5/16 in.)
album page: 40.6 × 43.7 cm (16 × 17 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: S: AMBROSIVS
  • watermark: none visible
  • inscription: album page, lower right, graphite: 8
  • inscription: lower center, brown ink: G. Maes. fe.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Louis W. Black, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Louis W. Black
Accession Year
1956
Object Number
1956.185.8
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Subjects and Contexts

  • Dutch, Flemish, & Netherlandish Drawings

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