Vignette for book illustration
Drawing
1739 (made)
1739 (made)
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| Place of origin |
In a cartouche with a shell motif and fireworks at the outer edges, an elegant domestic interior with a woman reclining on a chaise longue, gesturing and talking to a woman standing with her back to the viewer. An angel with a torch and an arrow hovers above them.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Vignette for book illustration (published title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and black ink, with grey wash; framing line in graphite. |
| Brief description | Print/Drawing, Vignette for book illustration, Jacobus van der Schley, Dutch School, 1739 |
| Physical description | In a cartouche with a shell motif and fireworks at the outer edges, an elegant domestic interior with a woman reclining on a chaise longue, gesturing and talking to a woman standing with her back to the viewer. An angel with a torch and an arrow hovers above them. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed and dated at lower centre, in black ink, JVSchley f 1739; and numbered at lower right, in pale brown ink, 6. |
| Object history | Edwin Parsons (dealer), London; from whom purchased (with cat. nos. 182–6 and 188–90) by the museum (dry stamp version of L. 1958), 15 November 1889 for £2. 2s. 0d. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jane Shoaf Turner and Christopher White, Catalogue of Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014, Vol. 1, Cat. 187, illustrated. pg. 234 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | D.1960-1889 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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