Constantin Verhout (active Gouda 1663-1667)
Constantin Verhout (active Gouda 1663-1667)

An elegant young man seated on a block resting his head in his right hand

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Constantin Verhout (active Gouda 1663-1667)
An elegant young man seated on a block resting his head in his right hand
black chalk
8 x 8¼ in. (203 x 210 mm.)
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mark (not in Lugt).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 25 November 1991, lot 86.
Exhibited
Munich, Bernheimer and Arnoldie-Livie, The Pfeiffer Collection of Old Master Drawings, 2001, p.18.

Lot Essay

Formerly attributed to Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667). This drawing can be compared with A seated boy holding a pewter jug, in Amsterdam, Rijksprentenkabinet (P. Schatborn, 'Dutchmen found in Copenhagen, Figure Drawings by Simon Kick and Constantijn Verhout' in Festschrift for Erik Fischer, European Drawings from six Centuries, Copenhagen, 1990, p. 196, fig. 12.)

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