Lot Essay
For a comparable drawing, signed, in the Albertina, Vienna, see W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1957, no. 570, illustrated.
Portrait of a Boy, aged 15, seated by a Table
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Jacob Toornvliet* (c. 1635-1719)
Portrait of a Boy, aged 15, seated by a Table
signed, dated and inscribed 'Jac. Toornvliet oud 15 jaar 1655' (recto) and with inscriptions 'de lardes geteken dere 15 jaar uit toparsee' and 'Jacobus Torenvliet Anno 1655.' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark Strasburg Lily (?)
8½ x 7 1/8 in. (215 x 182 mm.)
Portrait of a Boy, aged 15, seated by a Table
signed, dated and inscribed 'Jac. Toornvliet oud 15 jaar 1655' (recto) and with inscriptions 'de lardes geteken dere 15 jaar uit toparsee' and 'Jacobus Torenvliet Anno 1655.' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark Strasburg Lily (?)
8½ x 7 1/8 in. (215 x 182 mm.)