DrawingsDutch17th century

Portrait of a Man, perhaps Simon van Slingelandt

1694

Artists

Cornelis DusartArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Black chalk, black ink, gray wash on parchment, mounted down entirely

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27 × 22.3 cm (10 5/8 × 8 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Alfred Morrison, London. [Parsons and Sons, London, 1934]. Sold [through Christie's, London, March 30, 1971, lot 94] to; Hardy. [Baskett and Day, London, 1982]. Sold [through Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, November 1985, lot 103]; to A. M. van den Broeck, Haarlem. Sold [through Sotheby's, New York, January 25, 2023, lot 79]; to George Abrams, Boston, gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2023

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