Lot Essay
The physical types and the contorted poses recall Dutch Mannerist prints such as Goltzius' Great Hercules and statuettes by Willem Danielsz. van Tetrode
Details
JACQUES QUESNEL* (?-1629)
Time killing Youth
signed and dated 'Jacques Quesnel Inventor 15(8)8'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark grapes
19¼ x 15¼in. (490 x 387mm.)
Time killing Youth
signed and dated 'Jacques Quesnel Inventor 15(8)8'; black chalk, pen and brown ink, watermark grapes
19¼ x 15¼in. (490 x 387mm.)
Provenance
The Woodner Collection; Christie's, London, 2 July 1991, lot 135, illustrated (¨15,950)