A Man Writing at a Table

Wallerant Vaillant after Adriaen Brouwer

Associated Names
Wallerant Vaillant

Artist, Flemish, 1623 - 1677

Adriaen Brouwer

Artist After, Flemish, 1605/1606 - 1638

The image shows a man seated at a table with his upper body visible. He is leaning forward with both arms resting on the table, engaging in a task with his hands. His facial expression appears focused, with slightly furrowed brows and lips pressed together. The man has curly, shoulder-length hair and wears a long-sleeved garment with a layered collar. Two small circular ink pots are on the table next to him. In the background, there is a plain, dark backdrop, highlighting the man and the table in the foreground. A cloth or shawl is partially visible on the left side of the table.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 15.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2001.109.6

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 137

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?]], Berlin (Lugt 654); (his sale, Berlin, April 1921, no. 1204). (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower left in image: ABrouwer P. / WVF (in monogram); lower center verso in brown ink: P. Damiko...(not deciphered); upper center verso in brown ink: :B:

Wikidata ID

Q76359675

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