This red chalk drawing shows a young woman seen
from the front, concentrating on bobbin lace on her lap. Her restrained gesture
and the calm composition emphasize both her focus and the refined
craftsmanship, while the subtle lines and warm tones create an intimate
atmosphere. The drawing likely served as a study for Maes’ painting of the same
subject, now in the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. A compositional study
is held in Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett Staatliche Museen (inv. no. 16523).
Specifications
| Title | A Young Woman making Lace |
|---|---|
| Material and technique | Red chalk |
| Object type |
Drawing
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
|
| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Height 141 mm Width 118 mm |
|---|---|
| Artists |
Draughtsman:
Nicolaes Maes
|
| Accession number | MB 199 (PK) |
| Credits | From the estate of F.J.O. Boijmans, 1847 |
| Department | Drawings & Prints |
| Acquisition date | 1847 |
| Creation date | in circa 1654-1655 |
| Collector | Collector / F.J.O. Boijmans |
| Internal exhibitions |
Van Pisanello tot Cézanne (1992) Rembrandt in Rotterdam (2005) |
| External exhibitions |
Drawings for Paintings in the Age of Rembrandt (2016) Nicolaes Maes - Dutch Master of the Golden Age (2020) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | Northern Netherlands > The Netherlands > Western Europe > Europe |
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