Self Portrait of Willem Drost

Not on View

Medium

black chalk heightened with white on blue laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 28.4 x 21.7 cm (11 3/16 x 8 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William B. O'Neal, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art

Accession Number

1991.150.35

Artists / Makers

Dutch 17th Century (artist)

Willem Drost (artist after) Dutch, c. 1630 - after 1680

Image Use

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Inscription

by later hand, across top verso in red chalk: Gerardo Vaendrat

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

Drummond Limited, Spencer
O'Neal, William B., Professor

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.