Study of a Seated Man Smoking a Pipe

Jan Havicksz. Steen, c. 1650 - c. 1655

  • Artwork typedrawing
  • Object numberRP-T-1888-A-1514(R)
  • Dimensionsheight 156 mm x width 134 mm
  • Physical characteristicsblack chalk, with some grey wash; framing lines in graphite or pencil (partially trimmed); verso: black chalk, with red chalk

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Study of a Seated Man Smoking a Pipe

  • Object type

  • Object number

    RP-T-1888-A-1514(R)

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Creation

  • Creation

    draftsman (artist): Jan Havicksz. Steen, The Hague

  • Dating

    c. 1650 - c. 1655

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    black chalk, with some grey wash; framing lines in graphite or pencil (partially trimmed); verso: black chalk, with red chalk

  • Dimensions

    height 156 mm x width 134 mm

Explanatory note

  • Voorstudie voor schilderij.

This work is about

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Exhibitions

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    purchase 1888-06-18

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; collection Jacob de Vos Jbzn (1803-1878), Amsterdam (L. 1450); his widow, Abrahamina Henrietta de Vos-Wurfbain (1808-1883), Amsterdam; sale, Jacob de Vos Jbzn, Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 22 May 1883 sqq., no. 501, fl. 25, to the dealer R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} …; donated by the Vereniging Rembrandt to the museum, 1888

Documentation

  • I.Q. van Regteren Altena, 'Hoe tekende Jan Steen?', Oud Holland 9 (1943), p. 97-117 (p. 112, afb. 17, 18).

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