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Source Description
The Dutch artist Johann Thopas made meticulous drawn portraits of merchants and intellectuals in the Dutch city of Assendelft. His drawn portraits—made faster and for less expense than painted portraits—appealed to middle-class patrons, as did his unique style combining naturalistic likenesses with elaborate background settings. Using a combination of leadpoint and ink, Thopas achieved remarkable tonal subtlety in this image of a well-dressed woman holding a flower in front of an ornate neoclassical garden.
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Document identity
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329352
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Portrait of a Woman near a Fountain, a Rose in Her Hand
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drawing
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1
Source metadata
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329352
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drawing
title
Portrait of a Woman near a Fountain, a Rose in Her Hand
description
The Dutch artist Johann Thopas made meticulous drawn portraits of merchants and intellectuals in the Dutch city of Assendelft. His drawn portraits—made faster and for less expense than painted portraits—appealed to middle-class patrons, as did his unique style combining naturalistic likenesses with elaborate background settings. Using a combination of leadpoint and ink, Thopas achieved remarkable tonal subtlety in this image of a well-dressed woman holding a flower in front of an ornate neoclassical garden.
date
1680–85
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79876032
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329349
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Support: 33.2 x 25.7 cm (13 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.); Image: 22 x 18.9 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.)
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Netherlands
accession
2019.13
Source extras
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lead point with accents in black ink on vellum
tombstone
Portrait of a Woman near a Fountain, a Rose in Her Hand, 1680–85. Johan Thopas (Dutch, 1630–1700). Lead point with accents in black ink on vellum; support: 33.2 x 25.7 cm (13 1/16 x 10 1/8 in.); image: 22 x 18.9 cm (8 11/16 x 7 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 2019.13
collection
DR - Dutch
inscriptions
inscription
verso, number “4” in graphite
inscription
collector’s stamp “PG”? in red ink
didYouKnow
The 17th-century Dutch artist Johannes Thopas was both deaf and mute.
citations
citation
Foskett, Daphne. A Dictionary of British Miniature Painters. London: Faber and Faber, 1972.
page_number
Vol. 1, p. 548
citation
Foskett, Daphne. Collecting Miniatures. Woodbridge, Eng: Antique Collectors' Club, 1979.
page_number
p. 143
citation
Ekkart, Rudolf E. O., Johannes Thopas, and Peter van den Brink. Deaf, dumb & brilliant: Johannes Thopas, master draughtsman. 2014.
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p. 84, fig. 49, cat. no. 61, p. 132
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 08:56:35.458000
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329352
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Drawings
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DR - Dutch
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lead point with accents in black ink on vellum
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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