Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596-1675)

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Abraham van Diepenbeeck (1596-1675)

The Virgin and Child with Saint Simon Stock receiving a Scapulary, Saint Ildefonso receiving a Chasuble, Bernard of Clairvaux receiving the Virgin's Milk and another Saint (Francis of Assisi?) receiving a Ring

black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash heightened with white, brown ink framing lines
456 x 356 mm.
Provenance
with B. Houthakker, Amsterdam, 1965
Exhibited
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 30
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 32

Lot Essay

Possibly intended as a design for a book illustration. The present lot shows the Antwerp Saint Simon Stock, Saint Ildefonso was specially worshipped in Brussels and the miracle of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux was much depicted in Flemish religious pictures

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