A shop window with a man and a woman (study for 'The Shrimp Seller')
Maker
(artist)
1662-1747
1662-1747
Title
A shop window with a man and a woman (study for 'The Shrimp Seller')
Date of Production
1700 - 1747
Medium
black and white chalk on blue laid paper, on a historic mount
Dimensions
Height: 24.3 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Width: 15.6 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.4212
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
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (1726-1798); William Esdaile, London (1758-1837), L.2617; J.H.J. Mellaert (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Literature
Aono, Junko, 'Looking back to the Dutch Golden Age. Early eighteenth-century genre painting by Willem van Mieris' in 'Holland nach Rembrandt: zur niedländischen Kunst zwischen 1670 und 1750', 2006 - pp. 225-45
pp. 234-35
fig. 14 on p. 235
pp. 234-35
fig. 14 on p. 235
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to mount.
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, erased: “[…]ano Ploos van Amstel Coll […]”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#3”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).
Inscription: Mount (historic), Recto: lower centre edge, erased: “[…]ano Ploos van Amstel Coll […]”. Mount (historic), Verso: lower right corner, graphite: “#3”.
Collector's mark: Recto: lower right corner, brown ink: William Esdaile (L.2617).
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