Lot Essay
Comparable to a drawing by Walther illustrated in H. Geissler, Zeichnung in Deutschland, Deutsche Zeichner 1540-1640, exhib. cat., Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Graphische Sammlung, 1979, p. 109, no. M16.
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An album of thirty-six leaves: studies of heads, feet, angels and putti, reclining and seated nudes, saints and drapery
Details
Attributed to Sebastian Walther (1576-1645)
An album of thirty-six leaves: studies of heads, feet, angels and putti, reclining and seated nudes, saints and drapery
the leaves numbered
black chalk, red chalk, pen and brown ink, coloured wash, watermark grapes, in an half vellum, half cloth 17th Century binding
11¼ x 8½ in. (286 x 216 mm.)
An album of thirty-six leaves: studies of heads, feet, angels and putti, reclining and seated nudes, saints and drapery
the leaves numbered
black chalk, red chalk, pen and brown ink, coloured wash, watermark grapes, in an half vellum, half cloth 17th Century binding
11¼ x 8½ in. (286 x 216 mm.)
Provenance
Louis Faroux (?), according to an inscription 'Louis Faroux (?) age de 16 ans edemie' on the last leaf and with inscription 'Croquis de 1632' on a label attached to the cover.