CIRCLE OF JACOB DE WIT | Head of a bearded old man

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 22 November 1974, lot 131;
with H. Shickman Gallery, New York,
from whom acquired by the present owners in 1976

Framingham, MA., Danforth Museum, Old Master Drawings from the Gordon Collection: A loan exhibition at the Danforth Museum, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1977 (as Jacob de Wit)

Window mounted on a modern card support which has subsequently been hinged to a modern mount. The sheet has discolored very slightly and there is minor scattered foxing throughout and a small brown stain to the upper left corner. The combination of media remain in predominantly good condition throughout this impressive sheet. Sold in a modern giltwood frame.
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Executed in a combination of delicately applied red, black and white chalk this drawing, possibly depicting God the Father, is a highly characteristic example of the head studies created by Jacob de Wit and his followers.