Design for an Ornamental Cartouche, with a Portrait of Nicolaes Berchem

Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (mentioned on object), c. 1674 - c. 1679

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1894-A-3010
  • Dimensionsheight 210 mm x width 182 mm
  • Physical characteristicsgraphite, brush and grey-brown ink, pen and brown ink; the portrait by a later hand in pen and brown ink, with brown wash, with some areas of shading and darker accents also added to the original ornamental frame (e.g. in the legs of Neptune); framing line in dark brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Design for an Ornamental Cartouche, with a Portrait of Nicolaes Berchem

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1894-A-3010

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (mentioned on object), Amsterdam (possibly)

  • Dating

    c. 1674 - c. 1679

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    graphite, brush and grey-brown ink, pen and brown ink; the portrait by a later hand in pen and brown ink, with brown wash, with some areas of shading and darker accents also added to the original ornamental frame (e.g. in the legs of Neptune); framing line in dark brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 210 mm x width 182 mm

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  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1894-04

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from the dealer F. Muller, Amsterdam, fl. 40, to the museum (L. 2228), 1894

Documentation

  • Simiolus 17 (1987), p. 189, fig. 15.

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