Standing Man in Oriental Costume Holding a Pipe

Bernardus Johannes Blommers (Dutch, 1845–1914)

1865

Medium/TechniqueTransparent and opaque watercolor and brown ink over black dry media

DimensionsSheet: 40.3 × 27.5 cm (15 7/8 × 10 13/16 in.)
Framed: 53.6 × 43.3 cm (21 1/8 × 17 1/16 in.)

Credit LineThe Maida and George Abrams Collection—Gift in honor of Clifford S. Ackley, William W. Robinson, and in memory of Justice Ruth I. Abrams

Accession number2021.291

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InscriptionsFrame verso, on paper dustcover: Bernard Johannes Blommers (1845 - 1914) / An Oriental in red dress and white cape standing / by a doorway smoking a pipe; recto / verso Fragmentary figure study of a woman at a table / Signed and dated "B. J. Blommers / Fecit 1865", watercolor / over black chalk 402 x 272mm. ABR581

Provenance2013, sold by ArtConsult, Amsterdam to George S. Abrams, Newton, MA; 2021, gift of George S. Abrams to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 14, 2021)