A young woman cleaning a metal casserole. Line engraving by J.G. Wille, 1757, after G. Dou.

  • Dou, Gerard, 1613-1675.
Date:
[1757]
Reference:
676783i
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Description

She is seen through an arched window frame, cleaninging a metal casserole. A jug and a skimmer are on a ledge. Behind her, inside the room, is a water pump with a long handle

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [publisher not identified], [1757] (Paris (r. S. Jean de Beauvais, 12) : Imp. Lempereur)

Physical description

1 print : engraving, with etching ; platemark 24.5 x 17.9 cm

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Lettering

La ménagère hollandoise. Peint par G. Dauw. Gravé par Wille 1757. Gravé d'après le tableau original de même grandeur, qui est au cabinet de mr. Lempereur, écuyer, échevin de la ville de Paris. Dédiée à mr Lempereur fils, écuyer. Par son ami & très humble serviteur Wille graveur du roy.

References note

C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London 1908-1913, vol. 1, p. 407, Dou no. 184 ("A maid servant scouring a saucepan ... scours a copper saucepan ... engraved by Wille as La menagère", and as in the British Royal Collection after 1842)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 676783i

Reproduction note

After a painting described by Hofstede de Groot, loc. cit.

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