DrawingsDutch16th century

Seated Woman

1596

Artists

Hendrick GoltziusArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown and black ink and white opaque watercolor on blue paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

21.2 x 12.8 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Pierre-Luc Charles Cicéri or Eugène Cicéri, Paris (Lugt 446). Charles Saunier (1865-1941), Paris and Lozère sur Yvette (Lugt 567a). [1] J. Hohl-Schmuziger, Basel. Reinhold D. Hohl (1929-2014), Basel, by 1961. [2] Sold [through Christie's, New York, January 30, 1997, lot 222]. Sold [through Sotheby's, Amsterdam, November 9, 1999, lot 43]. [Derek Johns, Ltd., London], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306), 2000, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2020 Notes [1] According to Lugt, the drawings from Saunier's collection were dispersed after his death in 1941 and there was no public sale. [2] Hohl is listed as the owner in "Die Zeichnungen von Hendrick Goltzius" (1961)

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