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Perseus and Andromeda

Perseus and Andromeda

DrawingsDutch17th century

Perseus and Andromeda

c. 1635-1640

Artists

Pieter PotterArtist

Description

This sheet forms part of a seventeenth-century Dutch album, in its original binding, which contains 41 small, full-page drawings on parchment by more than 27 different artists.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Graphite on parchment, autograph framing line in graphite

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

11 x 15.2 cm (4 5/16 x 6 in.)

Provenance

Possibly Pieter Spiering, Delft and The Hague. Private collection, United Kingdom, sold [private sale, via Sotheby's, London]; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston, 1987 (Lugt 3306, without their mark), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 1999

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