JACOB DE GHEYN II* (1565-1629)

THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Details

JACOB DE GHEYN II* (1565-1629)

Lucia

with inscription 'Jaque de Geiin'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, the outlines incised
5 1/8 x 6 5/8in. (130 x 168mm.)

Provenance

H.C. Valkema Blouwg, Amsterdam, 2 March 1954, lot 171, illustrated (210 fl.)

Literature

I.Q. van Regteran Altena, Jacques de Gheyn Three Generations, The Hague, 1983, II, no. 276, III, pt. 3

Engraved

in reverse by Zacharias Dolendo (Hollstein V, no. 61)

Lot Essay

Only two other preparatory drawings for the series of eight engravings of Virtuous Women are known: The Women of Weinsberg in the Fogg and The Fisherman's Wife sold at Sotheby's, London, 1 July 1991, lot 58, illustrated. The Fogg drawing is dated 1591 and the present drawing probably dates from

letters seems to have been executed circa 1598, J.P. Filledt Kok, Jacob de Gheyn II, Engraver, Designer and Publisher--II, A Catalogue, Print Quarterly, VII, 1990, p. 394.

Lucia preferred to blind herself rather than be violated.