The image shows a man seated at a table with his upper body visible. He is leaning forward with both arms resting on the table, engaging in a task with his hands. His facial expression appears focused, with slightly furrowed brows and lips pressed together. The man has curly, shoulder-length hair and wears a long-sleeved garment with a layered collar. Two small circular ink pots are on the table next to him. In the background, there is a plain, dark backdrop, highlighting the man and the table in the foreground. A cloth or shawl is partially visible on the left side of the table.
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The image shows a man seated at a table with his upper body visible. He is leaning forward with both arms resting on the table, engaging in a task with his hands. His facial expression appears focused, with slightly furrowed brows and lips pressed together. The man has curly, shoulder-length hair and wears a long-sleeved garment with a layered collar. Two small circular ink pots are on the table next to him. In the background, there is a plain, dark backdrop, highlighting the man and the table in the foreground. A cloth or shawl is partially visible on the left side of the table.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Man Writing at a Table

Wallerant Vaillant after Adriaen Brouwer

Medium
mezzotint on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 15.5 x 10.5 cm (6 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.) sheet: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2001.109.6
Credit line
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E

Subjects and terms

  • Flemish
  • interior
  • architecture
  • Table
  • mezzotint
  • Hat
  • Man
  • Writing
Provenance

Paul Davidsohn [1839-1924?]], Berlin (Lugt 654); (his sale, Berlin, April 1921, no. 1204). (Christopher Mendez, London); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Inscription

lower left in image: ABrouwer P. / WVF (in monogram); lower center verso in brown ink: P. Damiko...(not deciphered); upper center verso in brown ink: :B:

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