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Dirck van der Lisse

Nymphs bathing in a waterfall

Lot Closed

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, versoDirck van der Lisse 

260 by 197 mm

Dr. J. Schouten, Delft;
with C. Dierkauf, Utrecht, 1965;
Hans van Leeuwen (1911-2010), Amsterdam/Amerongen (L.2799a),
his sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 24 November 1992, lot 122
Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Nederlandse Tekeningen uit drie Eeuwen, 1978, no 69

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