Head of an old woman

Details

Attributed to Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593-1678)
Head of an old woman
with inscription 'Vandyk'
black and white chalk, on light brown paper
11½ x 7 5/8 in. (29.2 x 19.3 cm.)

Literature

E. Haverkamp-Begemann, 'Review: Jacob Jordaens at the National Gallery of Canada', Master Drawings, VII, no. 2, 1969, p. 176.
J. Held, 'Jordaens at Ottawa', Burlington Magazine, CXI, May 1969, p. 268.
R.-A. d'Hulst, Jordaens Drawings, London and New York, 1974, II, D 40 (as not by Jordaens).
K. Andrews, atalogue of Netherlandish Drawings in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1985, I, p. 42 under D1683 (as Jordaens).

Exhibited

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678, 1968-9, p. 163, no. 154.

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Lot Essay

Very closely related in style to, and perhaps representing the same sitter as, the Head of an old woman, wearing a ruff and cap in the National Gallery of Scotland in Edinburgh (inv. D.1683; Ottawa, Jordaens, no. 153). Although both were included as by Jordaens in the 1968-9 Ottawa catalogue, Held and Haverkamp-Begemann both questioned this decision, the latter (op. cit.) suggesting an attribution to Leendert van der Cooghen.

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