Young Girl at the Keyboard

1767

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

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 person in a three-quarter length portrait, seated and slightly turned to the side. The person has refined facial features with delicate contours and is depicted in a monochromatic drawing style. The hair is styled up with a ribbon, and they are wearing an elaborate garment with voluminous, striped fabric and puffed sleeves. The hands are holding a sheet of paper in the foreground. The background is plain with a border of evenly spaced circular stamps or seals.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner with roulette printed in red ink on wove paper (proof)

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 22.1 × 17.8 cm (8 11/16 × 7 in.) cut to platemark

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7009

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection [1891-1979], Jenkintown, PA; gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2006

  • Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

1980

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

Wikidata ID

Q65019321

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