About the Artwork
Lace Maker
1773
Gerhard Dou (Artist) Dutch, 1613-1675 William Baillie (Artist) English, 1723-1810
Etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 17 1/8 × 12 1/4 inches (43.5 × 31.1 cm) Sheet: 20 3/8 × 16 3/8 inches (51.8 × 41.6 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps
09.1S58
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Gerard Dou pinxit Inscribed, lower right: WBaillie Sculp. Inscribed, center bottom margin: Engraved from a Picture of GERD. DOU in the Collection of | His GRACE the DUKE, of MONTAGUE. | Published Sepr 1st, 1773..
Provenance
Oct. 1886, sale, (C. A. Henriques). 1909-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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William Baillie; after Gerhard Dou, Lace Maker, 1773, etching and engraving printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. James E. Scripps, 09.1S58.
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