An Old Woman at the Toilet Table

c. 1655-1660

Jeremias Falck after Bernardo Strozzi (formerly after Johann Liss)

Associated Names
Jeremias Falck

Artist, German, c. 1619 - 1677

Johann Liss

Artist After, German, c. 1597 - 1631

Bernardo Strozzi

Artist After, Genoese-Venetian, 1581/1582 - 1644

The image features three individuals from the upper body up. An elderly woman is seated in profile at a vanity with two younger individuals standing around her. The elderly woman's face shows age with wrinkles, a slender nose, and styled hair adorned with flowers and a feather. One of the younger individuals is fixing her hair. The seated woman wears a voluminous dress and holds a flower. The vanity table is decorated with vases and beads. The room background is detailed with furniture and décor around the mirror.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Dr. and Mrs. Ronald R. Lubritz Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to platemark): 40.2 × 32.2 cm (15 13/16 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1976.9.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, Vol. (Neth.) VI, no. 156

  • Series Title

    Cabinet Reynst

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1985

  • Figure Prints from the National Gallery's Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1985-1986, no cat.

1990

  • Eva/Ave: Woman in Renaissance and Baroque Prints, NGA, 1990, no. 128, repro.

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

1990

  • Russell 1990, cat.no.128.

1993

  • Dolan, Frances E. "Taking the Pencil out of God's Hand: Art, Nature, and the Face-Painting Debate in Early Modern England," PMLA (Publications of the Modern Language Association of America), 108 (March 1993), p. 235.

Watermarks

IHS / RC

Wikidata ID

Q65572276

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