DrawingsDutch17th century

Portrait of a Man

c. 1656

Artists

Cornelis Jonson van CeulenArtist

Cornelis VisscherPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black and white chalk on blue antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.2 × 25.8 cm (13 1/16 × 10 3/16 in.) mount: 39.4 × 31.8 cm (15 1/2 × 12 1/2 in.)

Provenance

[Sotheby Mak van Waay B. V., Amsterdam, April 25, 1983, lot 65, as by Visscher]. [William H. Schab Gallery, New York, 1984]. Fr. John Walch, Oklahoma. [Freeman's Auction, Philadelpha, June 17, 2014, lot 4, as by Visscher, unsold]. Private Collection, Massachusetts. [Nissman, Abromson, Ltd., Brookline, MA], sold; to Harvard Art Museums, 2017

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