Woman Crocheting

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Dimensionsh x w: 29,2 x 19,8 cm

Inventory numberNMH 2148/1863

Other titlesTitel (sv): Virkande kvinna Titel (en): Woman Crocheting

DescriptionDescription: Black and white chalk, on grey paper, 292 x 198 mm. Ruled framing lines in black ink (missing along the bottom). Irregularly cut at the bottom; lower right corner damaged. Laid down. Mark of the Royal Collection (Lugt 1638). Numbered in the lower right corner of the old mount, in pen and brown ink, 1947 (Sparre). This drawing was attributed to Netscher by Bredius, an attribution that was followed by Lindhagen. In the Stockholm exhibition of 1953, he compared the drawing to a painting by Netscher in the Wallace Collection in London, The Lace Maker, dated 1662. The painting is an early work by that artist and untypical, and the drawing also differs from his usual manner. It could perhaps be explained as an early work, just like the painting. However, the drawing is more akin to works by other fijnschilders such as Metsu, to whom it was attributed by Schönbrunner and Meder, or even Frans van Mieris, another Leiden artist. It could be compared to Mieris’s drawing in the British Museum of Willem Paedts as an Infant, dated 1664. The closest parallels are perhaps the interiors with women by Quiringh Brekelenkam, in particular a young woman buying fish in a painting in Amsterdam. The model could be the same as in the drawing. There is no solid foundation for giving this drawing to Netscher, but the attribution to Brekelenkam is admittedly very tentative. [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 113]

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MaterialPaper, Black chalk (Crayon), White chalk (Crayon)

TechniqueDrawing

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