DrawingsDutch17th-18th century

Three Birds

17th-18th century

Artists

Johannes BronckhorstArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Transparent and opaque watercolor over graphite on parchment

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th-18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

29.6 x 27.3 cm (11 5/8 x 10 3/4 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, May 3, 1976, lot 111], sold; to Maida and George Abrams, Boston (Lugt 3306), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2025

Related Artworks

Drawings

Prince Louis Bonaparte

Jacques-Louis David, 1805-1824

Black crayon, squared in black crayon, on off-white antique laid paper

19th centuryFrench

Drawings

Untitled (Groton, MA, "farm" landscape, two-page spread)

Otto Piene, 2013

Colored marker on paper

Drawings

Marquis de Fortault

François Quesnel, 16th-17th century

Colored chalks on cream antique laid paper, laid down on cream wove paper, with cream antique laid paper strips adhered to face

16th-17th centuryFrench

Drawings

Figures in Street

Lyonel Feininger, 1913

Crayon on paper

20th centuryAmerican

Drawings

The Wagon

Jan de Bisschop, c. 1665-1670

Brown ink and brown wash on cream antique laid paper, framing lines in black ink

17th centuryDutch

Drawings

Boats on the Shore, Quimper Harbor

Lyonel Feininger, 6/23/1931

Graphite on paper and mounted

20th centuryGerman

Drawings

Study for "Planes by Colors, Large Nude"

František Kupka, c. 1909

Black, white, and colored chalks on off-white wove paper

20th centuryCzech

Drawings

Untitled (bleed-through of previous page, left page); Untitled (design for "Lichtplastik," right page)

Otto Piene, 1991

Black and red marker on paper

Drawings

The Washing Pool

Johan Zoffany, 1788

Black, red and white chalks on blue paper

18th centuryBritish

Drawings

Untitled [Two Men]

Lyonel Feininger, undated

Colored crayons on paper

20th centuryGerman?

Drawings

Men with Boat

Ephraim Whitman Gurney, 19th century

Graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican

Drawings

The Crocodile Rejected, for "The Crocodile," by Oliver Herford

Oliver Herford, 1891

Black ink over graphite on off-white wove paper

19th centuryAmerican