Lot Essay
Robert-Jan te Rijdt kindly points out that this study was made at the Drawing Society 'Zonder Wet of Spreuk' (ca. 1808-1819), R.-J. te Rijdt, Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, Figuurstudies van het Amsterdamse particuliere tekengenootschap 'Zonder Wet of Spreuk',Amsterdam, 1990, no. 3,, pp. 223-230. Two other studies by Albertus Brondgeest (1786-1849) of the same model in the same position are known.