An Artist Seated at His Easel [recto]

possibly c. 1634

Andries Both

Associated Names
Andries Both

Artist, Dutch, 1611/1612 - 1641

The image depicts three figures in an artist's space. In the center, a person is seated, working on a canvas on an easel. They wear a loose coat and headwear, with one foot on the ground and the other raised. The surrounding figures, older in appearance, sit nearby. The scene includes various sketched objects and furniture, with a textured paper background. The sketch is created with expressive ink strokes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and brown ink

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Alice Steiner

  • Dimensions

    overall: 14 x 18.6 cm (5 1/2 x 7 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.41.1.a

Associated Artworks

Fragmentary Studies for a Crucifixion [verso]

Andries Both

1634

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Benjamin West. (sale, Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1974, no. 112, reprod. actual size); Mrs. John H. Steiner, Larchmont, NY; gift to NGA in 1985.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • Renaissance and Baroque Drawings from the Collections of John and Alice Steiner, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, MA, 1977, no. 41.

1985

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., November 1985.

Inscriptions

lower right in brown ink: 18

Wikidata ID

Q64535830

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