Pancake Woman

1768

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (editor) and Johannes Kornlein (printmaker), after Gabriel Metsu

Associated Names
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel

Editor, Dutch, 1726 - 1798

Johannes Kornlein

Artist, German, died 1772

Gabriel Metsu

Artist After, Dutch, 1629 - 1667

The image shows an elderly woman seated on a wooden chair. She wears a headscarf, gown, and shawl, and holds a small frying pan in her hands. The background shows interiors with a window or framed painting on the left. The lighting highlights the woman and her activity.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chalk manner printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.8 × 21 cm (11 3/4 × 8 1/4 in.) cut within platemark

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7027

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Laurentius et al. 1980, no. 14, State iii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

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

Inscriptions

upper left in image: G. Metsu

Markings

verso: artist's mark (Eusman Josi 2)

Watermarks

fragment (indecipherable)

Wikidata ID

Q65019370

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