Self Portrait of Willem Drost
Artist

Artwork overview
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Medium
black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper
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Credit Line
Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
overall: 28.4 x 21.7 cm (11 3/16 x 8 9/16 in.)
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Accession
1991.150.35
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Francesco Maria Niccolò(?), Florence.[1] (sale, Sotheby's London 21 June 1978, no. 10, as "attributed to Gerhard van Honthorst, Portrait of an Architect). (Spencer Drummond Limited, Hamilton, Bermuda); William B. O'Neal [1907-1994] Charlottesville, VA, October 1978; gift to NGA, 1991.
[1] Turner 2105, no. 12
Associated Names
Bibliography
1993
National Gallery of Art. Drawings from the O'Neal Collection. Exh. cat. Washington, 1993, checklist p. 96.
2005
Bikker, Jonathan. Willem Drost (1633-1659): a Rembrandt pupil in Amsterdam and Venice. New Haven and London, 2005: no. 38, copy 5.
2015
Turner, Jane Shoaf. "Francesco Niccolò Gabburri's 'Portrait of Bartholomeus Spranger' in the Rijksmuseum" Master Drawings 53 (2015): no. 12.
Inscriptions
by later hand, across top verso in red chalk: Gerardo Vaendrat
Wikidata ID
Q64533450