Lot 262
  • 262

Attributed to Jan Snellinck I

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Jan Snellinck I
  • Golgotha
  • Pen and brown ink and wash and blue wash over traces of black and red chalk, alterations on a separate sheet, lower left;bears initial or monogram, top left corner: I (?), and inscriptions, top left margin: cost. XX. Shillings, and bottom right margin: Jean de Mabeuge
  • 182 by 299 mm; 7 1/8  by 11¾ in

Condition

Partially laid down on an old mount, which has in turn been adhered to a modern backing board. There is evidence of very light foxing throughout the sheet and some minor discolouration. A small additional sheet of paper with the figure of the kneeling soldier has been added, lower left. The pen and ink medium remains remarkably strong throughout.
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Catalogue Note

The inscription in the lower margin attributes this drawing to Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse, but the drawing is not in his style.  On the basis of comparison with paintings, it seems closer to the talented Mechelen artist Jan Snellinck the Elder, who frequently depicted scenes of the Crucifixion.  Hardly any drawings attributed to Snellinck are, however, known, so there is no clear picture of his drawing style, although a drawing in Ottawa given to Snellinck on the basis of the signature and date HS (i.e. Hans, or Jan, Snellinck) 1578 could very well be by the same hand as this impressive and accomplished sheet.1    1.  Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada,  inv. nr 17187