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Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
Estimate
12,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus
- The Adoration of the Shepherds
Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk and touches of red chalk, heightened with white;
bears old attribution: Cavedone
Exhibited
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Sixteenth Century Italian Drawings, Form and Function, 1974, no. 22
Condition
Hinged to the mount at the upper margin. Overall in good condition. Medium is fresh and strong. The paper is quite brittle and fragile but overall condition is fine. The four corners have been made up.
Sold in a plain gilded frame.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Although there is no concrete evidence that connects this drawing to an existing painting or print, the style is typical of Stradanus's very loose and free sketches. It also has some very general compositional similarities with both a signed and dated painting of 1586 and with its pendant, Adoration of the Magi, commissioned for the Palazzo della Gherardesca in Florence (see Alessandra Baroni Vannucci, Jan Van Der Straet detto Giovanni Stradano, Milan 1997, p. 169, no. 50).