DrawingsDutch17th century

Woman in Sixteenth-Century Costume

17th century

Artists

Jan de BisschopArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink, brown wash, and white opaque watercolor over black chalk on cream antique laid paper, mounted on brown paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

14.2 x 9.8 cm (5 9/16 x 3 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Freiherr Max von Heyl zu Herrnsheim, Darmstadt (Lugt 2879). Eugène Rodrigues, Paris (Lugt 897). Philip Hofer, Cambridge, Mass., by 1940. John S. Newberry, Jr., Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Carl Robert Rudolf, London (Lugt 2811b), sold [through his sale, Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, June 6, 1977, lot 59]. [Adolphe Stein, Paris], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306), 1978, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2024

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