Lot Essay
As Anne-Marie Logan pointed out (op. cit.) this may be compared to the artist's picture of the same subject dated 1649, now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Bordeaux, op. cit., no. 22, illustrated.
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
Details
Jan Boeckhorst (1604-1662)
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
with inscription 'van dijck'
black ink, grey wash, black ink framing lines, framed
190 x 164 mm.
The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence
with inscription 'van dijck'
black ink, grey wash, black ink framing lines, framed
190 x 164 mm.
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mark C. A. (not in Lugt).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 2 November 1987, lot 41, illustrated.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 2 November 1987, lot 41, illustrated.
Literature
P. Huvenne, J. Luckhardt, H. Vlieghe and A.-M. Logan, Jan Boeckhorst 1604-1663, medewerker van Rubens, exhib. cat., Antwerp/
Münster, 1990, pp. 122-3, fig. 82.
Münster, 1990, pp. 122-3, fig. 82.