drawing
- Museum number
- 1994,0618.10
- Description
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Portrait of a gentleman seated at a table; with drapery behind him, patterned carpet and objects on table, with view of ships and coastline seen through window above table
Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite sketch
- Production date
- 1650-1693
- Dimensions
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Height: 236 millimetres
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Width: 190 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The 1995-6 Recent Acquisitions Exhibition label text:
Verkolje was a prolific portraitist and the present work was the 'modello' that formed the basis for two of his paintings.
Exhibited: 'Tekeningen van Oude Meesters - De verzameling Jacobus A. Klaver', Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1993, cat. 86.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1995-6 Nov-Apr, BM, Recent Acquisitions (no cat.)
- Acquisition date
- 1994
- 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.
The provenance in the Sotheby's sale catalogue (Amsterdam 10.v.1994/101) is given as follow: 'Gallery Geneviève Aymonier; Dr. J. A. van Dongen'
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1994,0618.10
