French Follower of Rogier van der Weyden (c.1400-1464)

A kneeling female donor with Saint Michael transfixing the Devil

Details

French Follower of Rogier van der Weyden (c.1400-1464)
A kneeling female donor with Saint Michael transfixing the Devil
black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark arms of France in a crowned shield above H H, the top corners cut and small areas made up
289 x 212 mm.

Provenance

J. Braz; Paris, 12 May 1938, lot 1.
Florence Gould; Sotheby's New York, 25 April 1985, lot 93.

Literature

J. Dupont, 'Le retable d'Ambierle', Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1938, XX, p. 288.
M. Sonkes, Dessins du XVe Sicle, Groupe van der Weyden, Brussels, 1969, p. 219, D.27, pl. LVb.

Lot Essay

Max Friedlnder suggested that the drawing was by a Netherlandish artist working in the style of van der Weyden around 1460. J. Dupont described the drawing as by the Burgundian Master of the Altarpiece of Ambierle while Micheline Sonkes believed the drawing to be by a French follower of Rogier working in the 1460's.

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