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Frans van Mieris
1635-1681
Study of a Standing Old Woman
Black chalk, on paper; framing line in black chalk.
8 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (225 x 117 mm)
Purchased as the gift of the Markus Family in memory of Frits Markus.
1998.31
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The drawing is a study for the figure to the right in the artist's early painting "The Charlatan" in the Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.
Inscription:
Signed at lower right, in black chalk, "F.V.Mieris". Inscribed on the verso, at lower left, in the hand of Ploos van Amstel, in black chalk, "Fr.v.Mieris / de Oude f / h 9 dm ["m" in superscript] / b 6 d"; and below this, in graphite, "f 210". On a piece of board pasted on the old mount (no longer preserved), "from Miss James's sale-23 June 1891.CE.CE".
Provenance:
Cornelis Ploos van Amstel Jb Czn (1726-98), Amsterdam (Lugt 3002-4); Miss James (d. c. 1891 or before), London; her sale, London, Christie's, 23 June 1891, lot 215; sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 10 November 1998, lot 86, repr.
Associated names:
Markus family, donor.
Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, 1726-1798, former owner.
James, Miss, d. ca. 1891, former owner.
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