inscribed and dated ‘Zonder Wet of Spreuk./ 9 december 1816’
red chalk, countermark IV
21 x 32.4 cm

Like the previous drawing, this one was also executed during a drawing session at the
Amsterdam drawing society Zonder Wet of Spreuk which, according to the inscription on
the verso, took place three weeks after that of the previous drawing. Ruytenschildt must
have drawn this boy at a drawing session that was also attended by Pieter Gerardus van Os
(1776-1839), who was also a member of Zonder Wet of Spreuk, as the same boy appears,
in reverse, in an etching by the latter artist. (Fig.1.) [1]