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 depicts a woman seated in a three-quarter position. She has high cheekbones, rounded eyes, and hair styled in a bun with loose strands framing her face. She wears a long-sleeved dress with a striped pattern and a shawl over her shoulders, holding a music book in her left hand and resting her right hand on a keyboard instrument.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner with roulette printed from two plates in gray and red ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 17.4 × 14.5 cm (6 7/8 × 5 11/16 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7011

  • Catalogue Raisonné

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


Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

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

Inscriptions

upper right in image: GD / 1660

Wikidata ID

Q65019324

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