A Woman at her Toilette

attributed to Willem Drost, c. 1650 - c. 1655

Artwork typedrawing
Object numberRP-T-1930-49
Dimensionsheight 109 mm x width 91 mm (upper corners cut diagonally)
Physical characteristicsreed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or dry brush; traces of framing line in brown ink

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Creation
- draughtsman: attributed to Willem Drost, Amsterdam
- draughtsman: Rembrandt van Rijn [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1650 - c. 1655
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Physical description
reed pen and brown ink, some areas deliberately rubbed with a finger or dry brush; traces of framing line in brown ink
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 109 mm x width 91 mm (upper corners cut diagonally)

Credit line
Gift of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, The Hague
Acquisition
gift 1930
Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
…; collection Henry Stephen Olivier (1795-1864), Potterne Manor House, near Devizes, Wiltshire (L. 1373);{According to an inscription on the drawing, Hofstede de Groot removed the stamp, which was no. 613 in Fagan 1883 and which was unidentified until 1956, when Lugt figured out it belonged to Olivier.} …; purchased from Paul Mathey (1844-1929), Paris, as Rembrandt, with five other drawings, through the mediation of the dealer P. Roblin, by Dr Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863-1930), The Hague, 1903;{Hofstede de Groot notes, KB.} by whom donated to the museum, 1906, but kept in usufruct; transferred to the museum, 1930