Lot 5
  • 5

Maerten de Vos

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maerten de Vos
  • Jonah cast into the sea
  • Pen and brown ink and wash, within partial brown ink framing lines, indented for transfer

Provenance

Private Collection, Switzerland

Condition

Hinged at the top. There are some small pin prick holes towards all four corners, although these are only visible when the sheet is held up to light. Towards the top, bottom and left margin there is trace of a black chalk line. Overall the medium is fresh throughout.
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Catalogue Note

Engraved:
In reverse by Crispijn van de Passe I (G. Luijten, Hollstein's Dutch and Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts 1450-1700, Rotterdam 1996, vol. XLIV Maarten de Vos, p. 40, no. 144/I, reproduced, vol. XLV, p. 70)

This drawing and lot 7 are studies for two out of a series of six engravings depicting scenes from the story of Jonah, engraved by Crispijn de Passe the Elder, after designs by de Vos.