Skip to main content

An old man holding a book: PD.778-1963

An image of Drawing

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

An old man holding a book

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Velde, Jan II van de

Entities

Categories

Notes

History note: Sir Herbert Ingram(?); with Messrs Colnaghi 10 September 1931, where bought Sir Bruce Ingram (Lugt 1405a), 10 September 1931

Measurements and weight

Height: 110 mm
Width: 92 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1963) by Ingram, Bruce Stirling, Sir

Dating

Production date: AD 1630

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Brown ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Drawing : Pen and brown ink on paper

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: monogram

  • Text: JDE v
  • Location: On the right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: 1630
  • Location: On the right
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Date

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.778-1963
Primary reference Number: 5420
Lugt: 1405a
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 16 July 2021 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "An old man holding a book" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5420 Accessed: 2024-04-23 21:01:38

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this record on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/5420 |title=An old man holding a book |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-23 21:01:38|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/objects/object-5420

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp34/PD_778_1963.jpg"
        alt="An old man holding a book"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">An old man holding a book</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

More objects and works of art you might like

Suggested products from Curating Cambridge

You might be interested in this...

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...