GERBRAND VAN DEN EECKHOUT | Half-Length Study of a Man Carrying a Chest
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Gerbrand van den Eeckhout
1621 - 1674
HALF-LENGTH STUDY OF A MAN CARRYING A CHEST
Bears red chalk numbering, verso: 1499 and a further, illegible, black chalk inscription
Black chalk on blue paper
299 x 203 mm; 11¾ x 8 in.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, the Netherlands, since approximately 2010
CATALOGUE NOTE
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout studied with Rembrandt during the early 1640s, and soon emerged as one of the master’s most gifted and original pupils. His drawings include outstanding works in a wide range of techniques and media, but he did not very often use the striking and atmospheric combination of black chalk and blue paper that we see here. This is, though, the technique that has traditionally been most highly appreciated and valued by collectors of Eeckhout’s drawings, such as the late Dutch scholar, Professor I.Q. van Regteren Altena, who owned a study very similar in style to this, which set the world auction record for a drawing by the artist when it was sold a few years ago.
1621 - 1674
HALF-LENGTH STUDY OF A MAN CARRYING A CHEST
Bears red chalk numbering, verso: 1499 and a further, illegible, black chalk inscription
Black chalk on blue paper
299 x 203 mm; 11¾ x 8 in.
PROVENANCE
Private collection, the Netherlands, since approximately 2010
CATALOGUE NOTE
Gerbrand van den Eeckhout studied with Rembrandt during the early 1640s, and soon emerged as one of the master’s most gifted and original pupils. His drawings include outstanding works in a wide range of techniques and media, but he did not very often use the striking and atmospheric combination of black chalk and blue paper that we see here. This is, though, the technique that has traditionally been most highly appreciated and valued by collectors of Eeckhout’s drawings, such as the late Dutch scholar, Professor I.Q. van Regteren Altena, who owned a study very similar in style to this, which set the world auction record for a drawing by the artist when it was sold a few years ago.