Elegant Couple Visiting a group of Roma, Willem de Heer, c. 1655 - c. 1660

Title(s)

Elegant Couple Visiting a group of Roma

Object type

• drawing

Object number

RP-T-00-329

Artist

• draughtsman: Willem de Heer

Place

Amsterdam

Dating

c. 1655 - c. 1660

Physical features

pen and brown ink, with brown wash, over traces of graphite, on vellum; framing line in black ink

Material

• parchment (animal material)
• ink
• graphite (mineral)

Technique

pen / brush

Measurements

height 281 mm × width 384 mm

What

• Romani woman or Romani handreading
• sleeping on the ground - BB - out of doors
• man dancing alone
• inn, coffee-house, public house, etc.
• wandering communities

Credit line

• Gift of A.A. Stratenus

Acquisition

gift 1809

Copyright

Public domain

Provenance