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Attributed to Jacques de Gheyn the Younger
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Jacques de Gheyn the Younger
- Six head studies of soldiers
- Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk;bears old attribution in pen and brown ink, upper right: Hopfer.
- 200 by 148 mm; 7 7/8 by 5 7/8 in
Provenance
Probably an unidentified eighteenth-century collector from Saxony ('een voornaam liefhebber uit Saxen'),
his sale, Amsterdam, de Winter ... Ijver, 26 April 1769, Album F lot 1170 ('Twee Stuks met acht Hoofden op en blad, met de Pen, door J. de Gheyn');
bears unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 3102)
his sale, Amsterdam, de Winter ... Ijver, 26 April 1769, Album F lot 1170 ('Twee Stuks met acht Hoofden op en blad, met de Pen, door J. de Gheyn');
bears unidentified collector's mark (Lugt 3102)
Condition
Adhered to an old backing sheet by the upper left and right and lower left corners. There is a loss to the upper left corner, where the iron gall ink has eaten away at the sheet and a small loss to the helmet of the lower left figure. There is some light foxing throughout and an old stain to the right edge and lower left corner. The pen and ink medium has very fractionally sunk in places, however the image generally remains strong throughout. Sold unframed.
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
This bold sheet of head studies after Albrecht Dürer is by the same hand as another very similar sheet of head studies in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London1, and indeed the two drawings were very probably sold together in a lot in 1769 (see provenance). The drawings share the same dimensions, and the heads in both are taken from woodcuts by Albrecht Dürer from the Large Passion, of 1510. The present sheet copies six heads from The Resurrection (Meder 124). The Victoria and Albert Museum drawing was catalogued by Van Regteren Altena as a fully autograph work by Jacques de Gheyn II2, one of a number of drawings by the artist in which he copied details and images of earlier prints, mainly by Dürer, Cranach and Lucas van Leyden.3 In Christopher White and Jane Turner's recent catalogue of the Victoria and Albert's Dutch and Flemish Drawings, some doubts are, however, expressed as to the certainty of the attribution, and the drawing is listed as 'Attributed to Jacob de Gheyn II.'4
1. Inv. no. Dyce. 505
2. I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn: Three Generations, 3 vols., The Hague 1983, no. 1034
3. Van Regteren Altena, op. cit., nos. 1034-1044
4. Christopher White, Jane Shoaf Turner, Mark Evans, Dutch & Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2014, cat. no. 65
1. Inv. no. Dyce. 505
2. I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn: Three Generations, 3 vols., The Hague 1983, no. 1034
3. Van Regteren Altena, op. cit., nos. 1034-1044
4. Christopher White, Jane Shoaf Turner, Mark Evans, Dutch & Flemish Drawings in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 2014, cat. no. 65