A Man Standing Seen from the Back

Provenance

E. Desperet, Paris (1865 ); Michel Amédée Besnus (1922 ); Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland; Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland; E. Desperet, Paris (Lugt 721, lower left, in black ink); his sale Paris, 7-13 June 1865, lot 308 (photocopy of catalog in department file). Michel Amédée Besnus (Lugt 78a, not stamped); his sale Paris, 8 March 1922, lot 140 (transcript of catalog entry in department file); Dr. Daniel A. Huebsch, Cleveland (according to transcript of 1922 sale, purchased at a later sale of Besnus collection for 950 francs). Robert Hays Gries, Cleveland

A Man Standing Seen from the Back

Gerard ter Borch

c. 1630

Accession Number

1941.603

Medium

black chalk heightened with traces of white chalk; framing lines in brown ink

Dimensions

Sheet: 28.9 x 15 cm (11 3/8 x 5 7/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Hays Gries