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drawing
Object Type
drawing
Museum number
1854,0628.61
Description
A woman leading a man by the arm; whole-length, looking down to left, the man holding a cap in his hand Pen and brown ink with grey wash
Producer name
Drawn by:
Anonymous
Formerly attributed to:
Guercino
Formerly attributed to:
Joost van Craesbeeck
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1600-1675
Materials
paper
Technique
drawn
Dimensions
Height:
287 millimetres
Width:
180 millimetres
Curator's comments
Another version attributed to Joos van Craesbeeck is at Chatsworth, inv.no.675A; with a copy in the Kunstsammlungen der Veste Coburg, inv.no.Z2511. Another version is in the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, inv.no.C90/3756 (310 by 193 mm; inscribed 'Caracci'); possibly also a copy attributed to Ploos van Amstel in Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin. Subject inspired by beggar figures of Villamena and Callot. Literature: M. Jaffé, 'The Devonshire Collection of Northern European Drawings II', p.195, cat.no.1184.
Bibliographic references
Hind 1915-31 / Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum
(undescribed)
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Samuel Woodburn
Purchased through:
Christie's
(22.vi.1854/part of lot 1254, 3 in the lot, as Mantegna 'Two youths combating - pen, &c.' bt Tiffin for BM £0-10-0)
Purchased through:
Walter Benjamin Tiffin
Acquisition date
1854
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1854,0628.61