Jan Gerard Waldorp (1740-1808)

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Jan Gerard Waldorp (1740-1808)

An Allegory of Vanity: an old Woman reading a Bible by a Window, an Hourglass and Candle nearby

signed and dated 'JG Waldorp del/ad vivum 1779'; black chalk, on vellum, pencil framing lines
320 x 248 mm.

Provenance

An unidentified collector's number 'No 1266' (L.2986<->b) Acquired in Amsterdam, 1958

Lot Essay

A drawing comparable in subject, technique and size is in the Groninger Museum voor Stad en Lande (J. Bolten, Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Dr C. Hofstede de Groot, Utrecht, 1967, no. 116, illustrated p. 235)

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