Peasant woman, turned three-quarters to the left, holding a glass
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Attributed to
(artist)
1631-1664
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1638-1698
(artist)
1631-1664
Formerly attributed to
(artist)
1638-1698
Title
Peasant woman, turned three-quarters to the left, holding a glass
Date of Production
1600 - 1699
Medium
red chalk on laid paper, with grey ink framing lines
Dimensions
Height: 24.7 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Width: 14.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2174
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Jean-Denis Lempereur, Paris (1701-1779), L.1740; possibly his sale, Boileau et Joullain (Paris), 24 May (and following days) 1773, lot 337 (with one other); August Grahl, Dresden (1791-1868), L.1199; his estate sale, Sotheby’s (London), 27 - 28 April 1885, lot 21; purchased there by Herbage; anonymous sale, C.G. Boerner (Leipzig), 28 November 1912, lot 78; purchased there by Curt; Christie's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
Drawings for paintings in the Age of Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 02/10/2016-02/01/2017; Fondation Custodia, Frits Lugt, Paris, 03/02/2017-07/05/2017
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More
De Jerome Bosch à Rembrandt: dessins hollandais du XVI au XVII siecle, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 01/11/1937-01/01/1938
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929 ...Less
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)
Old Masters from the Witt Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 01/01/1943-01/05/1943 ...More
De Jerome Bosch à Rembrandt: dessins hollandais du XVI au XVII siecle, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 01/11/1937-01/01/1938
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929 ...Less
Literature
Drawings for Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt, National Gallery of Art Washington; Fondation Custodia, Paris, 2016-2017
cat. no. 103
no. 103 and p. 12
fig.103 on p. 237
Schatborn, Peter, 'The Importance of Drawing from Life - Some Preliminary Notes' in Robinson, William W., 'Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings: A Selection from the Maida and George Abrams collection', Amsterdam 1991 - pp. 7-012
p. 10
fig. no. 8 on p. 11
Scott, Mary Ann, Cornelius Bega (1631/32-1664) as painter and draughtsman, Ann Arbor 1984
no. GB23
listed as questionable, possibly G. Berckheyde ...More
Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
p. 13n8
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 39
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929
cat. no. 688
p. 228
Sotheby's, London, Collection of drawings by the Old Masters, formed by the late Professor August Grahl, of Dresden, 27-28 April 1885
lot 21
autotype no. 21 ...Less
cat. no. 103
no. 103 and p. 12
fig.103 on p. 237
Schatborn, Peter, 'The Importance of Drawing from Life - Some Preliminary Notes' in Robinson, William W., 'Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings: A Selection from the Maida and George Abrams collection', Amsterdam 1991 - pp. 7-012
p. 10
fig. no. 8 on p. 11
Scott, Mary Ann, Cornelius Bega (1631/32-1664) as painter and draughtsman, Ann Arbor 1984
no. GB23
listed as questionable, possibly G. Berckheyde ...More
Rembrandt and his century: Dutch drawings of the seventeenth century from the collection of Frits Lugt, Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, 8 December 1977 - 19 February 1978; Institut néerlandais, Paris, 16 March - 30 April 1978, 1977
p. 13n8
Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 39
Exhibition of Dutch Art 1450-1900, Royal Academy, London, 1929
cat. no. 688
p. 228
Sotheby's, London, Collection of drawings by the Old Masters, formed by the late Professor August Grahl, of Dresden, 27-28 April 1885
lot 21
autotype no. 21 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, faded and crossed out: "c g z / gz // [?]".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: August Grahl (L.1199); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jean-Denis Lempereur (L.1740).
Inscription: Verso: lower right corner, graphite, faded and crossed out: "c g z / gz // [?]".
Collector's mark: Recto: lower left corner, stamped in black ink: August Grahl (L.1199); lower right corner, stamped in black ink: Jean-Denis Lempereur (L.1740).
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