Attributed to Jan Swart van Groningen (c. 1520-1558)

A mythological scene with a woman boarding a ship bidding farewell to a military commander

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Attributed to Jan Swart van Groningen (c. 1520-1558)
A mythological scene with a woman boarding a ship bidding farewell to a military commander
with inscription 'Poussin'
pen and grey ink, grey wash, grey ink framing lines, watermark double-handled pot with three flowers
119 x 310 mm.

Provenance

with C.G. Boerner, Dsseldorf, 1962.
with Paul Drey Galleries, New York, 1973.

Literature

W. Wegner, Die Niederlndischen Handzeichnungen des 15.-18. Jahrhunderts, Berlin, 1973, I, p. 31, under no. 134.

Lot Essay

In a letter dated 8 May 1989, K.G. Boon confirmed the attribution to Swart van Groningen. The drawing is possibly a design for a tapestry. A variant with minor differences is in the Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich, Wegner, op. cit., no. 134, pl. 14. Wegner describes the Munich drawing as an early work by Swart, dating from the 1530s, and believes the present lot to be of better quality.

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