The Burgomaster’s Daughter–Skating Costume, Seventeenth Century
A comely young woman stands next to a snow-covered railing before a frozen river. She wears a fur-lined cloak fastened with an ornamented metal clasp, an embroidered apron and gloves. One hand holds a fur muff and the other a pair of skates and distant figures appear behind her on the ice near gabled buildings along the opposite shore. A burgomaster was the mayor of a Dutch, German or Swiss town, in this case his wealth implied here by his daughter's fine clothing. The skates and architecture indicate a setting in Holland and Boughton likely consulted historical prints or a collection of seventeenth-century clothing to create the related painting that he exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1882.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Burgomaster’s Daughter–Skating Costume, Seventeenth Century
- Artist: After George Henry Boughton (British, Norwich 1833–1905 London)
- Engraver: Arthur Turrell (British, 1846–1898)
- Publisher: Knoedler and Co. , New York
- Publisher: Arthur Tooth & Sons (London)
- Date: 1883
- Medium: Engraving with mezzotint on chine collé; proof
- Dimensions: Image: 22 1/4 × 11 7/8 in. (56.5 × 30.2 cm)
Sheet: 28 1/16 × 21 13/16 in. (71.3 × 55.4 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Alice G. Taft, Mrs. Marianna F. Taft, Miss Hope Smith, Mrs. Helen Bradley Head, and Brockholst M. Smith, 1945
- Object Number: 45.78.147
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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George Henry Boughton
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1884
George Henry Boughton
December 2, 1882
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