Demonic Creature on a Broom, Claude Gillot (after), 1650 - 1749

Identification

Title(s)

Demonic Creature on a Broom

Object type

drawing

Serial number

5/6?

Object number

RP-T-1955-147

Description

Een naakt vrouwelijk spook, met wapperende haren en staart, vliegt op een bezemsteel.

Creation

Artist

draftsman (artist): Claude Gillot (after)
Cornelis Saftleven (rejected attribution)

Dating

1650 - 1749

Material and Technique

Material

paper
chalk

Technique

drawing

Measurements

height 304 mm × width 459 mm

Explanatory note

Blad afkomstig uit een groot schetsboek met studies voor de figuratie van spokerijen.

Subject

What

Acquisition and rights

Acquisition

purchase 1955

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance

…; from De Beer Fine Arts, London, fl. 215, with five other drawings, to the museum, 1955

Bibliography and list of abbreviations for the provenance (pdf)

Notes

Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Relations

Documentation

Cornelis Saftleven, 1607-1681, Wolfgang Schulz, p. 76, cat.nr. 22
Aanwinsten

Persistent URL

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