Attributed to Geertruydt Roghman (Amsterdam 1640–1657)

A seated girl making lace

Details

Attributed to Geertruydt Roghman (Amsterdam 1640–1657)
A seated girl making lace
black chalk, stumping, brown ink framing lines
7¼ x 5 1/3 in. (18.5 x 13.7 cm.)

Provenance

B. Houthakker (L. 1272); Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1975, lot 62.
with C. G. Boerner, Düsseldorf.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 25 November 1991, lot 87.
Jacobus A. Klaver, Amsterdam.

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Lot Essay

Geertruyt Roghman, the sister of the better known Roelant (1627-1662), was an engraver and etcher. This figure is similar to one in the engraving Two women sewing (D. de Hoop Scheffer, Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish etchings, Amsterdam, 1978, XX, no. 2-6 (1), ill.)

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