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Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs servant shaving him
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Title
Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs servant shaving him [art original].
Production
[Amsterdam], [approximately 1790]
Physical Description
1 drawing : pen, ink and wash ; sheet 17.2 x 23 cm, mounted to 21 x 27 cm, matted to 34 x 39 cm
Medium
laid paper.
Notes
Title from ink inscription in lower margin, in the artist's hand.
Date from dealer's description.
Two additional ink inscriptions by the artist, to the left ("J. Nixon") and right ("G. Nixon") of the title, identify figures depicted in the scene.
Window mounted on to a slightly larger sheet.
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the hospital, La Providence, in Rochester, Kent, England. Purchased from Jarndyce, September 2024.
Summary
A scene in a bedroom, the bed in a niche behind a curtain, one man sits as he is being shaved by his servant, as a companion stands with his arms crossed. To their left is an open trunk wotj slippers and boots on the ground on the far left. A fourth man stands apart arrange his queue(?), two pistols on the floor to his right beside an open duffle bag. On the right wall hangs a portrait of Emperor Joseph above a large fireplace; on the left wall hangs a portrait of a woman in profile.
Variant and related titles
Shanks Leggs servant shaving him
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2024
References
John Nixon, Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs Servant Shaving Him. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Cite as
John Nixon, Amsterdam, Shanks Leggs Servant Shaving Him. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
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Genre/Form
Ink drawings.
Wash drawings.
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