A Woman at her Toilette, Willem Drost (attributed to), c. 1650 - c. 1655

Identification

Title(s)

A Woman at her Toilette

Object type

drawing

Object number

RP-T-1930-49

Catalogue reference

Benesch 1164

Creation

Artist

draughtsman: Willem Drost (attributed to)
draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn (rejected attribution)

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1650 - c. 1655

Material and Technique

Physical features

reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or dry brush; traces of framing line in brown ink

Material

paper
ink

Technique

pen

Measurements

height 109 mm × width 91 mm (upper corners cut diagonally)

Acquisition and rights

Credit line

Gift of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague

Acquisition

gift 1930

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; collection Henry Stephen Olivier (1795-1864), Potterne Manor House, near Devizes, Wiltshire (L. 1373);{According to an inscription on the drawing, Hofstede de Groot removed the stamp, which was no. 613 in Fagan 1883 and which was unidentified until 1956, when Lugt figured out it belonged to Olivier.} …; purchased from Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris, as Rembrandt, with five other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer P. Roblin, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1903;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 1930

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Documentation

Rembrandt's Late Pupils : studying under a genius, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 125, cat.nr. 80
Rembrandts late leerlingen : in de leer bij een genie, David Albert De Witt, Leonore van Sloten, Jaap van der Veen, p. 125, cat.nr. 80
Teekeningen van Rembrandt en zijn school [1943], Max Dittmar Henkel, p. 15, cat.nr. 34
Tekeningen van Rembrandts leerlingen, Peter Schatborn, p. 101, noot 40

Persistent URL

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