Captain William Baillie (1723-1810) after Gerard Dou (1613-1675)

Antique print, counterproof | Portrait of the mother of the painter, published 1775, 1 p.

Name: Antique print, counterproof | Portrait of the mother of the painter, published 1775, 1 p.
SKU: 63389
Price: 225.00 EUR
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Half-length portrait of an old woman, Dou’s mother at an old age, seated on a chair, turned towards the right. In an oval.

Counter-proof of another portrait by Dou/Baillie, see British Museum invv. nrs 1870,0813.574 and 1861,1109.73, or Rijksmuseum invv. BI-1935-674-14 / 15.

Dou’s signature and date [1638] are here missing, and also some intervention in the background close to the back of the chair are here not present. This diaphane impression is thus a counterproof of an earlier state of the final coloured etching by Baillie.

The drawing is currently untraceable, however, a handwritten note in pen and ink in an impression on the art market testifies that it was bought by Baille at the 1759 sale of the collection of Sybrand Feitama II, for 299 florins. Feitama possessed an extensive collection of Old Master Dutch drawings.

SKU: 63389

Counterproof of a printdrawing or soft ground etching on paper, with some grey wash trimmed within the plate; total: 201 x 186 mm; small stain under the cheek; Le Blanc 44.

€ 272,25 (€ 225,00 ex. btw)

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