The image shows two full-length figures in a detailed drawing. On the left is a figure with elaborate, styled hair adorned with decorations, wearing a mask that covers part of the face. This figure wears a richly patterned dress with puffed sleeves and a large, ornate collar, holding onto the garment with one hand. On the right, another figure is also masked, holding a staff topped with a decorative plume that emits smoke. This figure is dressed in a ruffled collar, a voluminous, intricately designed top, and loose pants with a striped pattern, complementing the attire with pointed shoes. The background of the image is plain.
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The image shows two full-length figures in a detailed drawing. On the left is a figure with elaborate, styled hair adorned with decorations, wearing a mask that covers part of the face. This figure wears a richly patterned dress with puffed sleeves and a large, ornate collar, holding onto the garment with one hand. On the right, another figure is also masked, holding a staff topped with a decorative plume that emits smoke. This figure is dressed in a ruffled collar, a voluminous, intricately designed top, and loose pants with a striped pattern, complementing the attire with pointed shoes. The background of the image is plain.

National Gallery of Art · Print

A Woman Led by a Player Holding a Torch

Attributed to Zacharias Dolendo after Jacques de Gheyn II

Date
1595/1596
Medium
engraving on laid paper
Dimensions
plate: 23.6 x 17 cm (9 5/16 x 6 11/16 in.) sheet: 39.9 x 26.9 cm (15 11/16 x 10 9/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2004.21.9
Credit line
New Century Fund
Time span
1501 to 1550
Department
CG-E

Portfolio and series

Series
The Masquerades

Subjects and terms

  • Dutch
  • Woman
  • Costume
  • Mask
  • Man
  • Smoke
Provenance

Château de la Roche-Guyon, France (part of an album)1; (Paul Prouté S.A., Paris); purchased by NGA, 2004. 1 The album was bound in vellum, with "Abraham" on the cover and "Ligeoys" on the back cover. The Château de la Roche-Guyon stamp was on some of the pages, which included a variety of northern mannerist prints by Goltzius, Matham, Saenredam, and others. Compiled by 1610, it was apparently dismantled by Prouté before the sale of some of the prints to the NGA.

Inscription

lower left in plate: IDGeijn. Inuen. et excu.; lower left in plate: 9

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