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Portrait of Henrietta Wolters

Maker

Henriette Wolters (artist)
1692-1741

(engraver)
1698-1780

Title

Portrait of Henrietta Wolters

Date of Production

1732

Medium

medium : material : ink & support : material : paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.1 cm
Width: 10.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.2882

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

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Provenance

Information not yet known or updated

Inscriptions

Inscription: Recto: within the image, around oval frame, black ink: “HENRIETTA WOLTERS GEBOOREN VAN PEE MDCLXXXXII. //”; below the image, black ink: “Konstminnaars, zietwel toe, dit's HENRIETTA's Beeld, / Geboren uit haar Brein, door Geest en Verv'geteelt! / Geen Vrouw is ooit zo verre in Schilderkonst gekoomen! / Deez'heeft, Prometeus nooit! den Hemel't vuurontnomen. / 't Welk straalt uit haar gelaat, waar aan niets meer ontbreekt, / Dan dat de Mond niet lacht, 't Oog wenkt, de Tong niet Sprekkt. / HERMANUS VANDEN BURG. //” lower margin, black ink: “Henrietta van Pee pinxit. 1732. Jac. Houbraken fec. //”.

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