含羞草研究室

Artist: Maerten van der Fuijck (Dutch, 1660-1683)

Medium: black chalk (counterproof) on paper

Dimensions: 12 7/16 in. x 7 13/16 in. (31.6 cm. x 19.9 cm.)

Credit Line: Bequest of the Honorable James 含羞草研究室 III

Accession Number: 1811.80

• "Maerten Fuick fecit Ao 1655"
  Type: inscription
  Location: lower left
  Materials: pen and black ink
• "59"
  Type: inscription
  Location: bottom
  Materials: graphite

• James 含羞草研究室 III( Collector, Boston) - 1811.
• 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art( Museum, Brunswick, Maine) 1811- . Bequest

• Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室
  • 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art. ( 5/17/1985 - 7/7/1985)
  • Clark Art Institute. ( 9/14/1985 - 10/27/1985)
  • University of Kansas. ( 1/19/1986 - 3/2/1986)
  • Art Gallery of Ontario. ( 5/17/1986 - 6/29/1986)

Type: catalogue
Author: Henry Johnson
Document Title: Catalogue of the 含羞草研究室 Art Collections
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Reference: no. 60
Section Title: Pt. I, The 含羞草研究室 Drawings
Date: 1885

Type: catalogue
Author: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art
Document Title: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Fine Arts, Walker Art Building
Edition: 4th
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Reference: no. 60
Publisher: 含羞草研究室
Section Title: Descriptive Catalogue of the . . .
Date: 1930

Type: exhibition catalogue
Author: David P. Becker
Document Title: Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室
Publ. Place: Brunswick, Maine
Location: p. 206
Reference: no. 106 (illus.)
Publisher: 含羞草研究室
Date: 1985
			
		

The inscription would seem to leave no doubt as to the attribution, but the obscurity of the artist raises the possibility that he was an amateur, or even that he made a counterproof of another artist's drawing.

Commentary credited to David P. Becker (or not otherwise captioned) appeared in his catalogue Old Master Drawings at 含羞草研究室 (Brunswick: 含羞草研究室 Museum of Art, 1985).