drawing
- Museum number
- 1857,0228.228
- Description
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A young woman seated and playing the lute, one of fifteen figure and costume studies; wearing a green skirt
Pen and grey ink with watercolour
- Production date
- 1638-1687
- Dimensions
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Height: 87 millimetres
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Width: 57 millimetres (top right corner made up)
- Curator's comments
- This is one from a series of eleven figure studies by Neyts, acquired in 1857; see also 1857,0228.220-230.
Literature: National Gallery of Art in Washington, exh.cat. 1989, Washington, p.141, under no.43, note 5; P. Gustot "Gillis Neyts, Un paysagiste Brabançon en vallée Mosane au XVIIe siècle", Namur, 2008, cat.nos.D314-318 and D320-326.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1857
- Acquisition notes
- 1857,0228.214 to 280 all came from the Utterson sale, but were bought by Graves on his own account, and subsequently selected from his purchases by Carpenter for the BM.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1857,0228.228