Elegantly Dressed Soldier Preparing to Fire His Caliver

Provenance

Jan Pietersz. Zoomer, Amsterdam (1641 - 1724); (his sale, Amsterdam, 5 April 1725, no. 56); Jan Goeree, Amsterdam; (his sale, Amsterdam, 12 March, 1731). Probably Swiss private collection; (Katrin Bellinger Kunsthandel, Munich; acquired from Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, 11 November 1991); purchased 2000 by NGA.

Elegantly Dressed Soldier Preparing to Fire His Caliver

Gheyn II, Jacques de

c. 1597

Accession Number

2000.134.1

Medium

pen and brown ink with gray wash on laid paper

Dimensions

overall: 26 x 18.1 cm (10 1/4 x 7 1/8 in.)

Classification

Drawing

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Gift of The Ahmanson Foundation