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Abraham Bloemaert
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
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Description
- Abraham Bloemaert
- A Seated Figure Praying to a Crucifix (Diocles)
- Pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk within pen and brown ink framing lines, indented for transfer (sheet is now laid down; at the time of 1976 sale it was noted that the verso was blackened and there was a brown ink inscription: 13/55)
Provenance
Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (L.2813a);
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 3 May 1976, lot 184 (as Mary Magdalen)
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 3 May 1976, lot 184 (as Mary Magdalen)
Literature
T. Borenius and R. Wittkower, Catalogue of the Collection of Drawings by the Old Masters formed by Sir Robert Mond, 1937, no. 390;
J. Bolten, 'Macarius or Marcus? Notes on Abraham Bloemaert's Drawings of Anchorites' in Delineavit et Sculpsit 2, December 1989, p. 19, note 20;
M. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his Sons, 2 vols., Doornspijk 1993, vol. I, p. 360 under no. 600;
J. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert c.1565-1651, The Drawings, 2 Vols, Leiden 2007, vol. I, p. 140, no. 366, reproduced vol. II, p. 181, fig. 366
J. Bolten, 'Macarius or Marcus? Notes on Abraham Bloemaert's Drawings of Anchorites' in Delineavit et Sculpsit 2, December 1989, p. 19, note 20;
M. Roethlisberger, Abraham Bloemaert and his Sons, 2 vols., Doornspijk 1993, vol. I, p. 360 under no. 600;
J. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert c.1565-1651, The Drawings, 2 Vols, Leiden 2007, vol. I, p. 140, no. 366, reproduced vol. II, p. 181, fig. 366
Condition
Partially laid down. Upper right corner is missing. Light scattered foxing/staining throughout, more concentrated in the upper left and right corners of the sheet. Medium remains strong.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
This drawing served as the design for one of the plates in the large and apparently never completed print series known as the 'Second Series of Hermits' or Thebais sacra, designed by Bloemaert around 1620-30, and engraved some years later by his son, Frederick. In the print based on the present drawing, the figure has, however, been transformed from the young woman seen here into the elderly, bearded hermit Diocles, one of the often obscure early Egyptian and Palestinian desert monks who constitute the subjects of this print series.