German School, 1599

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Description

the assumption of the virgin
dated lower right: 1599
pen and brown ink and watercolor, heightened with white

Provenance

Nicholas Lanier (L.2886);
Valerius Röver, his numbering: 2/26, verso (L.2984a-c),
Jhr. Johan Goll van Franckenstein, his numbering: N3180,verso (L.2987);
Dr. Barry Delany (L.350);
Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York

Catalogue Note

As Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck has kindly informed us, this drawing is listed in the inventories of Röver's collection, but without any attribution. It did not appear in the sales from the Röver and Goll van Franckenstein collections, in 1761 and 1833 respectively. On grounds of comparison with facial types in his paintings, an attribution to the Flemish artist Marten Pepyn has been suggested.