DrawingsDutch17th century

Woman Before a King

17th century

Artists

Maarten van HeemskerckArtist

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Red chalk on cream antique laid paper, with a framing line in brown ink, mounted overall on wove paper

Culture

Dutch

Century

17th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

27.3 x 23.9 cm (10 3/4 x 9 7/16 in.) mount: 28 x 24.7 cm (11 x 9 3/4 in.)

Provenance

Ewins collection. Belinda Lull Randall, Boston, MA, inherited from brother John Witt Randall, 1892, gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1892. Ewins, To John Witt Randall (?). John Witt Randall, From Ewins collection, Bequest to his sister Belinda Lull Randall, 1892.

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