Adriaen van Ostade
1610-1685
Head of an Old Woman, Full Face, Looking down
3 9/16 x 3 1/2 inches (90 x 89 mm)
Black, red, and ochre chalk, on paper.
I, 129 (1)
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1909.
Notes
Watermark: none.
The drawing and I, 129 (2) are carefully executed studies done from life, from two different points of view, after the same elderly model and were evidently drawn at the same sitting, since the woman's clothing is identical in each.
The drawing and I, 129 (2) are carefully executed studies done from life, from two different points of view, after the same elderly model and were evidently drawn at the same sitting, since the woman's clothing is identical in each.
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed with initials at left center, in black chalk, "AV.(in ligature)O". Inscribed on the verso: at left, in brown ink, "Hs ["s"(??) in superscript]xv"; below this, in the hand of Ploos van Amstel, in graphite, "h 31/2 / b 3"; and in the lower left corner, also in the hand of Ploos, in graphite, "f n[?]".
Associated names
Dusart, Cornelis, 1660-1704, Formerly attributed to.
Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, 1726-1798, former owner.
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, 1726-1798, former owner.
Greville, Charles, 1762-1832, former owner.
Warwick, George Guy Greville, Earl of, 1818-1893, former owner.
Murray, Charles Fairfax, 1849-1919, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography
Collection J. Pierpont Morgan : Drawings by the Old Masters Formed by C. Fairfax Murray. London : Privately printed, 1905-1912, I, 129 (1), repr.
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