DrawingsNetherlandish16th century

Christ Calling Saint Peter

1576

Artists

Hans BolArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown and gray wash with incidental green wash at lower center, incised, on cream antique laid paper, double framing line in brown ink at left and right edges, mounted on album leaf

Culture

Netherlandish

Century

16th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

16.2 x 23.8 cm (6 3/8 x 9 3/8 in.)

Provenance

[Christie's Amsterdam, 30 November 1987, lot 6], sold; to Melvin R. Seiden; to Harvard University Art Museum on long term loan, 1988; sold, to Harvard University Art Museum, 1993; The Kate, Maurice R. and Melvin R. Seiden Purchase Fund and Richard Norton Memorial Fund, 1993.165.

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