Young Woman Holding a Parasol

Jacob Buys

Associated Names
Jacob Buys

Artist, Netherlandish, 1724 - 1801

The image displays the upper half of a person's body in a standing position, leaning slightly against a balustrade or ledge. The figure's face features soft and subtle characteristics, and their hair is styled back. They are wearing a detailed dress with a modest neckline and long sleeves, holding a parasol on their shoulder. The background includes a large urn or decorative element on the ledge, surrounded by trees and brush.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 15.3 x 11.3 cm (6 x 4 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.112.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Wurzbach 1906, no. 3, State only

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Hill-Stone Inc., New York); purchased by NGA, 1996.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1997

  • Building a Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997-1998, no. 41.

Bibliography

1854

  • Le Blanc, Charles. _Manuel de l'amateur d'estampes, contenant le dictionnaire des graveurs de toutes les nations, dans lequel sont decrites les estampes rares, precieuses et interessantes avec l'indication de leurs differents etats et des prix auxquels

1906

  • Wurzbach, Alfred von. Niederlandisches Kunstler-Lexikon. 3 vols. Vienna, 1906-1911.

Inscriptions

lower right in plate (incomplete): JB; rest by later hands, lower center verso in graphite: Jacobus Buis fecit; upper left verso in graphite: LEBLANC PAG.555 no 1 / JACOB BUYS.

Wikidata ID

Q75396860

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