Ferdinand Bol (1618-1680)

Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Hat, standing by a column

Details

Ferdinand Bol (1618-1680)
Portrait of a Gentleman wearing a Hat, standing by a column
signed and dated 'Bol:f/1643'
black lead, black, grey and brown wash, black ink framing lines, on vellum
152 x 137 mm.

Provenance

Jhr. J. Goll van Franckenstein (L. 2987), his inscription 'N 2333' (verso); De Vries, Roos and others, Amsterdam, 1 July 1833, Kunstboek J8, 'Een deftig gekleed Man met een ronde hoed op zijn hoofd. Als voren (op perkament) met zw. krijt en o.i. inkt door Ferdinand Bol' (Nlg. 26 to Brondgeest).
J. Verstolk van Soelen; Brondgeest & Roos, Amsterdam, 22 March 1847, lot 49 (Nlg. 145 to Brondgeest).
Grand Duke of Weimar, 1947.

Literature

W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1979, I, no. 94.

Exhibited

H. Bouvier & Co., Bonn, February 1947, Handzeichnungen aus Vier Jahrhunderten, no. 6.

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Lot Essay

Professor Sumowski considers this drawing to be the earliest example of Bol's painterly portrait-drawings (loc. cit.), interpreting the date as 1642 rather than 1643. According to Professor de Jongh, the motive of a column in Bol's portraits is a symbol of stability (E. de Jongh, Kwesties van betekenis. Thema en motief in de Nederlandse schilderkunst van de zeventiende eeuw, Leiden, 1995, pp. 105-127).

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