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Studio, Shop, Cabinet, Gallery: Spaces for Experiencing Art in Europe, 1600-1800

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A collector examining a drawing

c. 1790
18th C.
Europe, England
7 1/16 x 4 9/16 in. (18 x 11.6 cm)

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Artist unknown

Medium: Brown wash over graphite on paper

Credit Line: Committee for Art Acquisitions Fund

Accession Number: 1980.13

Object Label

Elizabeth Kathleen Mitchell, Ph.D., Burton and Deedee McMurtry Curator and Director of the Curatorial Fellowship Program, Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University:
During the 18th century, the act of closely examining a work of art became intimately associated with the connoisseur’s pursuits. Like the “Nimeny-pimmeney” character in the James Gillray print included in this gallery, this collector uses a looking glass to scrutinize a drawing. He may be assessing the quality and condition of the paper, or studying the drawn marks in order to judge its attribution.

Bibliography

L. Eitner, B.G. Fryberger, C.M. Osborne, The Drawing Collection (Stanford, 1993), p. 323, no. 150

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