Young Girl at the Keyboard

1767

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Johannes Kornlein (printmaker), after Jan de Bray (formerly Gerrit Dou)

Associated Names
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Johannes Kornlein

Artist, German, died 1772

Jan de Bray

Artist After, Dutch, c. 1627 - 1688

Gerrit Dou

Artist After, Dutch, 1613 - 1675

The image shows a young woman seated at a keyboard instrument. She is facing slightly to the left but looks directly at the viewer with her head turned over her shoulder. She has delicate facial features, slightly parted lips, and eyes gazing intently forward. Her hair is gathered in a decorative headpiece or ribbon and tied back, with wisps of hair framing her face. She wears a long-sleeved garment with puffed shoulders and vertical stripes, with a lighter shawl draped over it. She holds open sheet music in her hands. The background is plain, emphasizing the detailed line work in the drawing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner with roulette printed from two plates in gray and red-orange ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Sherwood B. Smith, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.6 × 14.6 cm (6 15/16 × 5 3/4 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    1977.67.12

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 12, State only

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

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

Inscriptions

upper right in image: GD / 1660; verso along bottom in graphite: Gerrit Douw del. 1660. Ploos van Amstel. fecit .1767.

Markings

verso: artist's mark (Eusman Josi 2)

Wikidata ID

Q65567230

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