Old Master Drawings

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Lot 56
  • 56

Dutch School, 17th Century

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • the judgement of paris
  • Pen and brown ink and grey wash, within black ink framing lines; indented and reddened on the reverse for transfer

Provenance

Karl Eduard von Liphart (L.1687);
by inheritance to his grandson Freiherr Reinhold von Liphart (L.1758, with his number 600);
Arthur Feldmann, Brno;
looted by the Gestapo;
Moravian Provincial Museum, Brno (their mark, and inventory no. 3167);
Moravská galerie, Brno;
restituted to the heirs of Arthur Feldmann in 2003

Catalogue Note

Previous suggestions regarding the attribution of this drawing have ranged from Johann Rottenhammer to Jan Luyken. On stylistic grounds, the drawing would seem to date from the middle of the 17th century, and there are some similarities with certain print designs by Gerbrand van den Eeckhout.