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Infant Moses Taken from his Mother

DrawingsDutch18th century

Infant Moses Taken from his Mother

18th century

Artists

Nicolaas VerkoljeArtist

Jan Verkolje IPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Brown ink and brown wash over black chalk, squared in graphite and with a framing line in graphite, on cream antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

18th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 28.1 x 35.1 cm (11 1/16 x 14 1/16 in.)

Provenance

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (L. 2725, without his mark). Robert Gilmor, Jr., Baltimore, MD; to his estate, 1848; to probably Gardner L. Chandler, Salem, MA; to John Witt Randall, Boston, MA, bequest; to his sister Belinda L. Randall, 1892, gift; to Harvard University, 1892. Note Provenance information from inscriptions in J.W. Randall's hand from his mount.

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