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Portrait of Tonia Stieltjes-Milgens

attributed to Jan Sluijters, 1919

Tonia Milgens, a former trade union leader and champion of women’s rights, is here portrayed as a modern woman. She wears a fashionable headband that pushes her dark hair over her right eye. Sluijters met Milgens in 1918 or 1919 and asked her to model for him in his studio, most likely for a fee.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberNG-2023-72
  • Dimensionsheight 760 mm x width 550 mm
  • Physical characteristicsaquarel met houtskool en krijt

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Portrait of Tonia Stieltjes-Milgens

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-2023-72

  • Description

    Zittende vrouw tegen blauwe achtergrond.

Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): attributed to Jan Sluijters, Amsterdam

  • Dating

    1919

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    aquarel met houtskool en krijt

  • Dimensions

    height 760 mm x width 550 mm

This work is about

  • Person

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Knecht-Drenth Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Women of the Rijksmuseum Fund

  • Acquisition

    purchase 2023-11-16

  • Copyright

    erven Jan Sluijters

Documentation

  • Included in the digital Catalogue Raisonné on the artist's work by the RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History: sluijters.rkdmonographs.nl.

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