Young Woman at a Keyboard

[Jacob] Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (Netherlandish, 1726–1798)

Gerrit Dou (Dutch, 1613–1675)

1767

Medium/TechniqueEtching, engraving, and aquatint, printed in colors (Chromochale)

DimensionsSheet: 42.1 × 31.2 cm (16 9/16 × 12 5/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Sylvester Rosa Koehler

Accession numberK170

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InscriptionsUpper right, in plate: GD / 1660 [date of the original drawing] Verso, in graphite: S. R. Koehler Verso, in lavender ink: 5121. Verso, in graphite: Gerrit Douw. del. 1660. Ploos van Amstel. Fecit. 1767.

Provenance1767, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (b. 1726 - d. 1798; Lugt 2725), Amsterdam. Heinrich Buttstaedt (d. 1876 or later; Lugt 3722), Gotha and Berlin. By 1898, Sylvester Rosa Koehler (b. 1837 - d. 1900; Lugt 5017), Boston and Littleton, NH; 1898, gift of Koehler to the MFA.

NOTE: Koehler was the first print curator at the MFA and served from 1887 until his death in 1900. The gift of Mr. Koehler's collection was accepted by the Trustees of the MFA on October 20, 1898.