Man Holding a Mirror up to his Wife’s Face

Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, c. 1634

Ontwerp voor een prent.

  • Artwork typedrawing, design
  • Object numberRP-T-1879-A-3
  • Dimensionsheight 51 mm x width 56 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and brown ink, with grey wash and opaque watercolour; outlines indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Man Holding a Mirror up to his Wife’s Face

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1879-A-3

  • Description

    Ontwerp voor een prent.

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne

  • Dating

    c. 1634

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and brown ink, with grey wash and opaque watercolour; outlines indented for transfer; framing line in brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 51 mm x width 56 mm

Explanatory note

  • Ontwerp voor een illustratie in Jacob Cats' 'Hovwelyck ...' van 1634: een man houdt zijn vrouw een spiegel voor.

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; sale, Benoît Coster (d. before 1875, Amsterdam and Arnhem), Amsterdam (Roos et al), 18 March 1875 sqq., no. 109, with three other drawings (‘Quatre pièces. Sujets tires de l'oeuvre du poète J. Cats. A l'encre de Chine’), fl. 110 for all, to Johan Philip van der Kellen (1831-1906) for the museum (L. 2228), 1879{For security reasons, the drawing was transferred from the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken to the museum in 1879.}

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