Venus laat haar portret schilderen

Venus laat haar portret schilderen

NG-1985-7-3-58

Engelen of nimfen rond Venus die haar portret laat schilderen.

draftsman (artist): anonymous, Germany (possibly)

1600 - 1625

pen in bruin, penseel in grijs, gewassen

height 258 mm x width 195 mm

Tekening uit het bezit van Jan Brandes.

purchase 1985-05-02

Public domain

? Collection Jan Brandes (1743-1808); his daughters, Johanna Maria Brandes (1792-1813) and Charlotta Constantia Brandes (1796-1870), Skälsebo;{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} by descent to Erik Kellberg (1883-1960);{De Bruijn/Raben 2004, p. 93.} ? to Brite-Louise Mangs-Kellberg;{File RMA.}…; anonymous sale, London (Sotheby’s), 2 May 1985 sqq., no. 216, £ 50,000, with xx other drawings, to the dealer W. Graham Arader III, New York, for the Rijksmuseum, in exchange for eighteen drawings that were part of this lot, 1985

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