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- Willem Drost (1633 - 1659)
- Young Woman in a Brocade Gown
- Netherlands
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- Date: c.1654
- Object Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Image size: 62.4 x 49.8 cm
- Frame size: 81 x 71 cm
- Inv: P61
- Location: East Galleries I
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- Willem Drost was a pupil of Rembrandt, around 1650. His earliest dated works are from 1653. Little is known about him, although he is believed to have been of German descent. His works show his ability to paint both in the broad, bravura manner associated with the Rembrandt school and in the new polished style, adopted by artists such as Gerrit Dou and Nicolaes Maes. In about 1655, he travelled to Italy, where he died. Dating from around the same period as Drost’s masterpiece, Bathsheba of 1654, today in the Louvre, Paris, the present picture displays the same creamy flesh tones and sensuous treatment of drapery. The unknown sitter may be a courtesan. Her oriental look with a turban and ornate garments reflects the influence of Rembrandt, who often painted intriguing figures in exotic dress.
Despite bearing a false Rembrandt signature (removed in 1976) the picture may well have been acquired as a work by Drost by Sir Richard Wallace. It is recorded as by Drost in his 1874-75 inventories.
- Willem Drost was a pupil of Rembrandt, around 1650. His earliest dated works are from 1653. Little is known about him, although he is believed to have been of German descent. His works show his ability to paint both in the broad, bravura manner associated with the Rembrandt school and in the new polished style, adopted by artists such as Gerrit Dou and Nicolaes Maes. In about 1655, he travelled to Italy, where he died. Dating from around the same period as Drost’s masterpiece, Bathsheba of 1654, today in the Louvre, Paris, the present picture displays the same creamy flesh tones and sensuous treatment of drapery. The unknown sitter may be a courtesan. Her oriental look with a turban and ornate garments reflects the influence of Rembrandt, who often painted intriguing figures in exotic dress.