Checkerboard Bonnet Shell (Phalium Areola)
DrawingsDutch17th century

Checkerboard Bonnet Shell (Phalium Areola)

c. 1620-40

Artists

Balthasar van der AstArtist
Bartholomeus Abrahamsz. AssteynPrevious attribution
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Brown wash and transparent and opaque watercolor on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink
Culture
Dutch
Century
17th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

12 x 19.6 cm (4 3/4 x 7 11/16 in.) mount: 23 x 31.8 cm (9 1/16 x 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's, Amsterdam, 25 November 1992, part of lot 626], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston; The Maida and George Abrams Collection, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2013

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