Core Record |
| Title |
A Young Artist Drawing from Casts |
| Collection |
National Trust for Scotland (Brodie Castle) |
| Artist |
Vaillant, Wallerant (Dutch printmaker, 1623-1677) |
| Date |
1656 (dated) |
| Signed |
yes |
| Description |
A young artist, seated at a table, is making a chalk drawing from two plaster casts placed in front of him: a reclining putto (possibly a cast after a putto by the seventeenth-century sculptor Duquesnoy) and a classical female head. The bright light entering the interior through the window on the left accentuates the volume of the objects. The composition recalls other work by Vaillant, such as Boy Seated in a Studio, which shows the artist with a cast of the Christ Child after Michelangelo in front of him (1658, Louvre, Paris). |
| Current Accession Number |
73.20 |
| Inscription |
front lr '1656 W.Vaillant' |
| Subject |
everyday life |
| Measurements |
66.0 x 74.9 cm cm (estimate) |
| Material |
oil on panel |
| Acquisition Details |
Given by Ninian, 25th Brodie of Brodie, 1980. |
| Provenance |
Possibly with William, 22nd Brodie of Brodie by about 1824; by descent to Ninian, 25th Brodie of Brodie. |
| Rights Owner |
National Trust for Scotland |
| Author |
Dr Claudia Heide |
