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A Young Woman Playing the Viola

Creator: Jacobus Perkois
Offered by: L' Antiquaire & The Connoisseur, Inc.

Description
Jacobus Perkois was a Dutch painter of portraits, miniaturist, and engraver. He was born in Middelbourg in 1756 and died in 1804. Perkois worked for the East India Company and was the pupil of the Confrérie of The Hague in 1776. He later became master of drawing at Middelbourg in 1778, and then moved to Amsterdam where he died. Two well-known engravings by him are a head of a man and of a horse.

Framed: 15" w x 18" h

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Inscribed on verso: The sitter and her age; signed and dated lower right: Perkois 1777
Origin:	Netherlands
Period:	18th Century
Materials:	Pencil and chalk
Condition:	Good.
Creation Date:	1777
Styles / Movements:	Other
Incollect Reference #:	308411

Dimensions

W.	9 in;	H.	12 in;
W.	22.86 cm;	H.	30.48 cm;

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