Romeyn de Hooghe, The Colf-Player on Ice

The Colf-Player on Ice. Undated, Romeyn de Hooghe (Amsterdam, 10 september 1645 – 15 juni 1708, Haarlem).

Probably a mirror image of his famous etching.

Brush with black and gray ink over black chalk, traced with a stylus for transfer. 14.5 x 8 cm / 5 11/16 x 3 1/8 in.

Upper left corner replaced. Unidentified collector's mark lower right. Later inscriptions or marks: Recto LL in pen and brown ink: 11 [This is the plate number of the print for which this is the design.] Recto LL stamped in red ink-- an unidentified collector’s mark.

Provenance

• Unidentified collector

• Lucien Goldschmidt, New York

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA (SL37708; acquired March 1983)

Source: Do Smit