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Three gentlemen and a guide admiring the Arch of Titus from the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, with a subsidiary study of a cow's head (recto); Drapery study for a seated female figure and studies of rabbits (verso)
Details
Circle of Pieter van Laer, called il Bamboccio (Haarlem 1599-1642)
Three gentlemen and a guide admiring the Arch of Titus from the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, with a subsidiary study of a cow's head (recto); Drapery study for a seated female figure and studies of rabbits (verso)
red chalk, traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the lower edge unevenly trimmed
18 x 24.6 cm
Three gentlemen and a guide admiring the Arch of Titus from the Arch of Septimius Severus in the Roman Forum, with a subsidiary study of a cow's head (recto); Drapery study for a seated female figure and studies of rabbits (verso)
red chalk, traces of black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, the lower edge unevenly trimmed
18 x 24.6 cm
Provenance
Unidentified collector's paraphe and numbering '323' (not in Lugt).
M. Guichardot (according to a note in the collection files).
Emile Calando (1840-1899) (L. 837); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 March 1927, lot 24 (330 frs.).
with Nicolaas Beets (1878-1963), Amsterdam; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 4 April 1927 for 200 guilders (Inventory book: '290. t. G. Terborch bezoekers Forum').
M. Guichardot (according to a note in the collection files).
Emile Calando (1840-1899) (L. 837); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 17 March 1927, lot 24 (330 frs.).
with Nicolaas Beets (1878-1963), Amsterdam; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 4 April 1927 for 200 guilders (Inventory book: '290. t. G. Terborch bezoekers Forum').
Literature
C. Brown, 'Review of the 1976-77 exhibition', Burlington Magazine, CXIX, 1977, p. 217, 'the ascription of the charming drawing of Four Men in the Forum, (131) to ter Borch is not entirely satisfactory'.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Hoe Hollandse teekenaars Rome zagen 1500-1840, 1940 (no catalogue published).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 131, pl. 89 (as Gerard II Ter Borch; catalogue by J. Giltaij).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 131, pl. 89 (as Gerard II Ter Borch; catalogue by J. Giltaij).
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