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Dirck van der Lisse
Nymphs bathing in a waterfall
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March 24, 02:57 PM GMT
Estimate
1,200 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Dirck van der Lisse
The Hague 1607 - 1669
Nymphs bathing in a waterfall
Point of the brush and black, grey and brown wash within black chalk framing lines;
bears indistinct set of initials/monogram in pen and brown ink, lower right: D.V.L (?) and also bears attribution in black chalk, verso: Dirck van der Lisse
260 by 197 mm
with C. Dierkauf, Utrecht, 1965;
Hans van Leeuwen (1911-2010), Amsterdam/Amerongen (L.2799a),
his sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 24 November 1992, lot 122
Dirck van der Lisse was well known for his paintings of nymphs in landscapes. The subject of the female nude saw a revival in Dutch art in the 1640s and '50s and Van der Lisse produced a number of Italianate landscapes with nymphs bathing in rivers or frolicking on the nearby banks.
For more information on Dirck van der Lisse as a draughtman, see the recent Master Drawings article by Michiel Plomp, who discusses drawings by the artist in Dresden.1
1. M. Plomp, 'Drawings by Dirck van der Lisse in Dresden: New Light on a special Poelenburch pupil', Master Drawings, vol. 58, no. 4, 2020, pp. 441-492