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Young Man with a Fur Cap, Seated and Writing in an Account Book
Constantijn Verhout, c. 1650 - c. 1660
- Artwork typedrawing
- Object numberRP-T-1937-70
- Dimensionsheight 219 mm x width 184 mm
- Physical characteristicsblack chalk and some oiled charcoal; framing line in black ink
Identification
Title(s)
Young Man with a Fur Cap, Seated and Writing in an Account Book
Object type
Object number
RP-T-1937-70
Part of catalogue
Catalogue reference
P. Schatborn, 'Dutchmen found in Copenhagen : Figure drawings by Simon Kick and Constantijn verhout', Festschrift to Erik Fischer, 1990, p. 194-202.
Creation
Creation
- draughtsman: Constantijn Verhout, Gouda (possibly)
- draughtsman: attributed to Gabriël Metsu [rejected attribution]
Dating
c. 1650 - c. 1660
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Material and technique
Physical description
black chalk and some oiled charcoal; framing line in black ink
Material
Dimensions
height 219 mm x width 184 mm
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Subject
Acquisition and rights
Acquisition
purchase 1937
Copyright
Provenance
…; sale, Antony Sydervelt (?-1765, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (H. de Winter et al.), 23 April 1766 sqq., Album B, no. 44 (‘G. Metzu. Een Jongeling ter halver lyf te zien, zittende aan een Tafel te schryven, zeer delicaat met zwart Kryt getekend’), fl. 60, to ‘Fouquet’;{Copy RKD.} ...; sale Bernardus de Bosch II (1742-1816, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (P. van der Schley et al.), 10 March 1817 sqq., Album K, no. 6 (‘G. Metsu. Een jongeling, met een bonten muts, op het hoofd, zittende te schrijven; bevallig getoest en breed behandeld met zw. kr. en o.i. inkt., 8 ½ = 7 d. [216 x 178 mm]’), fl. 100, to ‘De Vries’;{Copy RKD.} …; ? sale, Jan Hulswit (1766-1822, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 28 October 1822, Album I, no. 12 (‘Een Jongeling bezig zijnde in een boek te schrijven; fraai met zwart krijt en oostindische inkt behandeld, door G. Metzu.’), fl. 1, to Willem Gruyter Sr (1763-1832), Amsterdam;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, C. Singendonck (?-after April 1814, Paris and elsewhere), Amsterdam (J. de Vries et al.), 11 April 1825 sqq., Album M, no. 17 (‘Een Jongeling voor een tafel in een boek zittende te schrijven; bevallig met zw. kr. geteekend, door G. Metzu’), fl. 2:5:-, to ‘Eifer’;{Copy RKD, probably referring to ‘Eymer’.} ...; ? sale, Hendrik Harmen Klijn (1773-1856, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (C.F. Roos et al.), 27 May 1858, no. 195, fl. 25, to ‘Engelberts’;{Copy RKD.} …; sale, Stephen Hendrik de la Sablonière (1825-88, Kampen) and Cornelius Ekama (1824-91, Haarlem), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 30 June 1891, no. 153, fl. 180, to Peter Vischer-Burckhardt (1869-1947), Basel and Schloss Wildenstein, near Basel;{Copy RKD.} ...; sale, A.W.M. Mensing (1866-1936, Amsterdam), Amsterdam (F. Muller), 27 April 1937 sqq., no. 869c, as Gabriel Metsu, fl. 210, with 44 other drawings, to the museum (L. 2228)
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Documentation
P. Schatborn, 'Dutchmen found in Copenhagen : Figure drawings by Simon Kick and Constantijn verhout', Festschrift to Erik Fischer, 1990, p. 194-202.
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