Old Man Seated on an Overturned Basket
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DatesMade: Made 1630s
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Dimensionsh x w: Mått 15,3 x 14 cm
Inventory numberNMH 2159/1863
Other titlesTitle (sv): Äldre man sittande på en upp-och nedvänd korg Title (en): Old Man Seated on an Overturned Basket
DescriptionDescription: Signed in the lower right corner, in graphite, with a monogram PQ. Inscribed van Kwast (struck out) and numbered 145 (struck out) and 1958 (Sparre), in pen and brown ink. Mark of the Royal Collection (Lugt 1638). Provenance: Crozat; C. G. Tessin (List 1739–42, p. 67; Cat. 1749, livre 15, no. 145); Kongl. Biblioteket (Cat. 1790, no. 1958); Kongl. Museum (Lugt 1638). This drawing forms a pair with the former one [NMH 2160/1863]. They are the same size and technique, and both are surrounded by a one centimetre wide area defined by graphite lines. The first drawing depicts an old woman, the second an old man, both of them seated on a basket turned upside down, against a dune landscape with small groups of people in the background. According to the 1967 catalogue, the woman wears Scheveningen dress. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 301]
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