drawing
- Museum number
- 1953,0411.46
- Description
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A man standing, wearing a cloak and hat; whole-length in profile to right, holding an object before him. 1659
Black chalk on buff-prepared paper
- Production date
- 1659
- Dimensions
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Height: 282 millimetres
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Width: 185 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Acquired as Anonymous Dutch 17th century, but attributed to Van der Cooghen by Christoper White (note on the mount, probably 1960s).
Literature: Baukje J.L. Coenen, 'The Drawings of the Haarlem Amateur Leendert van der Cooghen', in 'Master Drawings' 43 (2005), no.B6 (under Uncertain or Doubtful Drawings).
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1953
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1953,0411.46