Scullery Maid, 1789

Title

Scullery Maid

Draughtsman

• Jacobus Johannes Lauwers

Period Produced

• 18th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Pen and black ink, watercolour and body colour, over black chalk or charcoal, partially gone over with brush and gum (arabic?)

Material

• watercolours
• gouache
• graphite
• ink?
• Indian ink?
• Vergé paper
• handmade paper

Technique

• watercolour painting
• brush drawing
• pen drawing
• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• Netherlandish

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• autonomous drawing?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert und datiert unten links (mit dem Pinsel in Schwarz): J. Lauwers inv: et F.t. 1789

Captions Added Later

Verso unten links Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Lilie, im Wappenschild, darunter der Buchstabe X über W, oben angeschnitten

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• genre

Primary

• 41C222 kitchen-maid, kitchen servant
• 41A3371 view through a window from the outside
• 41C26 preparation of food

Secondary

• 25G4(LETTUCE) plants and herbs: lettuce
• 34B131 bird in a cage