Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (1523-1605)

The Prophet Isaiah, bust-length

Details

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus (1523-1605)
The Prophet Isaiah, bust-length
with inscription 'Stradanus'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and brown wash heightened with white (partly oxidized), the outlines incised, oval, the verso rubbed in black chalk
173 x 127 mm.

Literature

Engraved

In reverse, by C. Galle, no. 9 in the series Icones Prophetarum Veteris Testamenti (Hollstein 12).

Lot Essay

This is one of a number of drawings for the series of 27 prints by Galle after Stradanus, dated 1613, and listed by K.G. Boon, The Netherlandish and German Drawings of the XVth and XVIth Centuries of the Frits Lugt Collection, Paris, 1992, I, no. 201, illustrated, and notes 7-24. The Sacrifice of Isaac from this series was sold at Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 10 May 1994, lot 16, illustrated.

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