Lot 265
265
Flemish (?) School, early 17th Century
PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Flemish (?) School, early 17th Century

Neptune riding a dolphin and holding the coat of arms

Details
Flemish (?) School, early 17th Century
Neptune riding a dolphin and holding the coat of arms
inscribed '’t moork [...] blijft [?]/ [...]/ beneden [...]/ het schild is/ [...] blyven' (recto) and with inscription and number 'Paul v Viane f/ L.L' and with number 'n. 26' over 'n. 18' (?) (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown wash, fragmentary black chalk framing lines on prepared paper, incised for transfer
3¼ x 5 in. (8.3 x 12.7 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 25 January 2002, lot 29 (as Dutch School).

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Lot Essay

Seated on the back of a dolphin, Neptune is shown here while holding a coat of arms, perhaps that of Corsica. The fact that the head of the moor is facing right suggests that the drawing was intended to be engraved, as in heraldry the head of a moor in profile is shown facing left. Furthermore, the drawing has been indented for transfer, another indicator that is was intended as a design for a print. The sheet might have served as a design for a vignette in a map of Corsica, but no such related map appears to be known.

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