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Lot Essay
Son of the Frisian painter and Mennonite minister Lambert Jacobsz. (c. 1598-1636), van den Tempel received his training in Amsterdam from Jacob Backer (1608-1653) in the early 1640s, after which he took up residence in Leiden. At first primarily a history painter, van den Tempel specialized in portraits once he moved back to Amsterdam in 1660.
The present study, which was chosen to represent the artist in the 1982 ground-breaking exhibition Dutch Figure Drawings from the seventeenth century, is probably a study for a painting, but no related work is known. The attribute of the flower, however, appears often in van den Tempel's portraits.
The drawing belonged to Marius Bauer, a highly successful painter, draughtsman and prolific etcher, whose oeuvre was internationally sought after.
The present study, which was chosen to represent the artist in the 1982 ground-breaking exhibition Dutch Figure Drawings from the seventeenth century, is probably a study for a painting, but no related work is known. The attribute of the flower, however, appears often in van den Tempel's portraits.
The drawing belonged to Marius Bauer, a highly successful painter, draughtsman and prolific etcher, whose oeuvre was internationally sought after.