DrawingsDutch17th century

Bust of a Boy

17th century

Artists

Cornelis VisscherArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk and brown opaque watercolor (?) on white prepared parchment

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

13.7 x 11.3 cm (5 3/8 x 4 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Adalbert Freiherr von Lanna, Prague (L. 2773, with his mark), sold, [H. G. Gutekunst, Stuttgart, 6-11 May 1910, lot 571]. [Frederick Keppel & Co., New York]. Meta and Paul J. Sachs, Cambridge, MA (L. 2091, without his mark), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

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