PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION FORMED BY DR. EINAR PERMAN (1893-1976), STOCKHOLM
Godfried Schalcken
Half-length portrait of a young woman
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July 4, 09:36 AM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection formed by Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm
Godfried Schalcken
Made 1643 - 1706 The Hague
Half-length portrait of a young woman
bears inscription, lower left: G.Schalcken
black chalk and grey wash on vellum
oval: 116 by 94 mm
Neville Davison Goldsmid (1814-1875), The Hague (L.1962);
Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm, by descent to the present owners
Laren, Singer Museum, Oude Tekeningen uit de Nederlanden. Verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 1962, cat. 101
T. Beherman, Godfried Schalcken, Paris 1988, p. 380, cat. D 26
Though the miniscule 'signature', lower left, is not autograph, this delicate and moving portrait of a pensive young woman is, as Thierry Beherman has noted (see Literature), a fine example of Schalcken's rare portrait drawings on vellum, and most probably an early work, dating from circa 1670.
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