Jacob Backer (1608-1651)

Details

Jacob Backer (1608-1651)

A Woman, her right Arm outstretched

with inscription 'Ter Borch'; black and white chalk, on grey paper, brown ink framing lines
359 x 180 mm.

Provenance

Anatole France, according to an inscription on the detached mount
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, London, 27 June 1974, lot 89, illustrated
George and Maida Abrams

Literature

W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1979, I, no. 26x, illustrated

Exhibited

Washington, National Gallery of Art; Denver, The Denver Art Museum; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, Seventeenth Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, 1977, no. 44, illlustrated

Lot Essay

A weaker replica of this drawing is at Braunschweig (inv.no. 366). A study of the same model is in the British Museum (Sumowski, op.cit., no. 26x, fig. 6). Professor Sumowski tentatively dates both drawings to circa 1640-5. As noted by F.W. Robinson in the 1977 exhibition catalogue 'This calm and beautiful drawing of a woman moving to the right, wrapped in several layers of clothing but perfectly balanced, shows this member of the Rembrandt circle at his best.' (op.cit., p. 49)

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