Standing Figure with a Turban, Seen from the Front

Pieter Lastman, 1603

Lastman drew this sympathetic young man wearing a turban and a graceful tunic in two different poses at the beginning of his career. The influence of the Mannerist style of his teacher Gerrit Pietersz can still be discerned: notice the elongated, elegant fingers and pointed toes. The inscription ‘P. Lastman’ on both sheets was added by their later owner Gerard ter Borch the Elder, with whom Lastman became acquainted in Rome.

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1887-A-1165
  • Dimensionsheight 271 mm x width 173 mm
  • Physical characteristicspen and brown ink, with brown and blue wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in the artist's hand with pen and brown ink

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Standing Figure with a Turban, Seen from the Front
    • Standing Man in Oriental Dress, Seen From the Front

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1887-A-1165

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Pieter Lastman

  • Dating

    1603

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    pen and brown ink, with brown and blue wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in the artist's hand with pen and brown ink

  • Dimensions

    height 271 mm x width 173 mm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1887-02

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; possibly acquired by Gerard ter Borch I (1582-1662) during his stay in Italy, where Lastman was staying at the time; studio estate of the Ter Borch family, Zwolle; by descent to Lambertus Theodorus Zebinden (1809-86), Zwolle; his sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller), 15 June 1886 _sqq_., in no. 309 (770 drawings and prints), to the Vereniging Rembrandt; from whom, to the museum (L. 2228), 1887

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