Charley Looking at an Album of Prints

1898

Jan Toorop

Associated Names
Jan Toorop

Artist, Dutch, 1858 - 1928

The image shows the upper half of a young girl's body seated at a table. She is looking down at a large open book in front of her. Her facial features are detailed with a pointed nose and closed lips. She has long, wavy hair tied back with a ribbon and is wearing a dress with puffed sleeves. Her hands are turning a page of the book. On the table, there are more books and a vase with flowers. The background features floral-patterned wallpaper and intricate woodwork, including a geometric design on a displayed plate.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint on buff wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.1 x 9.9 cm (4 x 3 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 17.8 x 15.4 cm (7 x 6 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.18.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Verbeek 1969, 36

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1969

  • J. Verbeek. Jan Toroop, 1858 - 1928. Amsterdam, 1969, no. 36.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: TOOROP; lower left in brown ink: [not deciphered] / Jan Toorop; by later hand, lower left verso in graphite: 319H

Wikidata ID

Q76439291

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