Physical Qualities
Engraving, Image: 349 x 282 mm. (13 3/4 x 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Garrett Collection
Object Number
1984.81.987
Old woman spinning.
T. Harrison Garrett, Baltimore, purchased 1885 (Lugt supp. 2435b); James L. Claghorn, Philadelphia (lugt supp. 555c).
Signed: 1
Inscribed: Recto: BL: "Peint par Gerard Douw"; LWRC: "La Devideuse Mere de G. Douw/ Gravé d'après le Tableau original de...etc"; BL: "Gravé par Jean Georges Wille, Graveur du Roy, 1755"; BRC: (graphite in diamond) "1601". Verso: BL: Claghorn stamp; LWRC: Garrett stamp.
Markings: Claghorn and Garrett collectors' stamps.
