Portrait of a Woman with Wide Brim Hat

1790

Jan Chalon

Associated Names
Jan Chalon

Artist, Dutch, 1738 - 1795

The image shows a portrait of a person's upper body. The individual is leaning forward with one arm resting on a ledge and their head on their hand. They have a subtle smile and relaxed expression, distinct eyes, and wavy hair past the shoulders. The person wears a large hat with a wide brim, earrings on both ears, and textured clothing with a visible neckline. The background is minimal and neutral, slightly textured.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Thomas Vogler in memory of his brother Donald J. Vogler

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.3 × 9.1 cm (4 1/16 × 3 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 10.7 × 10.3 cm (4 3/16 × 4 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.53.8

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wurzbach 1906 - 1911, no. 9, State undesc. iii/iii

  • Series Title

    The Compleat Work of Etchings by John Chalon, Born at Amsterdam 1738, Died in London 1795. Consisting in a Hundred Pieces, Mostly after His Own Designs & Some after Original Drawings by Rembrandt

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(The Fine Art Society, London, 1933). (Campbell Fine Art, London, 28 June 2004); Donald Vogler, Portland, OR; gift to NGA, 2017.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1906

  • Wurzbach, Alfred von. Niederlandisches Kunstler-Lexikon. 3 vols. Vienna, 1906-1911: 1(1906): 9, undesc iii/iii

Inscriptions

upper left in image, partly burnished out: Chalon / 1790; lower right in plate: Chalon in f

Wikidata ID

Q77259196

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