Directors of the Orphan Asylum of Haarlem

1777, published 1786

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Bernhard Schreuder

Artist, Dutch, died 1780

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Bernhard Schreuder (printmaker), after Jan de Bray

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and roulette with burnishing printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.5 × 29.6 cm (8 7/8 × 11 5/8 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    1977.67.9

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 37, State iii/iii


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

  • Laurentius, Th. et al. Cornelis Ploos van Amstel 1726-1798, kunstverzamelaar en prentuitgever. Assen: Van Gorcum, 1980.

Inscriptions

on back of chair in image: JDBray 1663; verso at lower right in graphite: Geoffrered / aan myn Eerwaarde Vriend ! / Den Heer J.F. ... / Amsterdam 14 Maars 1786 / PvAmstel / JC; verso along bottom in graphite: J de Bray del 1663 / Ploos van Amstel J.C. F 1773

Markings

verso: artist's mark (Eusman 4)

Wikidata ID

Q65567224


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