DrawingsDutch17th century

A Shark

17th century

Artists

Unidentified ArtistArtist

Lambert LombardPrevious attribution

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor on cream antique laid paper, the figure trimmed at all edges and mounted on antique laid paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

shark: 7.9 × 27 cm (3 1/8 × 10 5/8 in.) mount: 12.4 × 29.8 cm (4 7/8 × 11 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Mme Aymonnier, Paris (as by Lambert Lombard); to Maida and George Abrams, Boston

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