Head of an old woman facing right (recto)

細節

Attributed to Nicolaes Maes (Dordrecht 1632-1693 Amsterdam)
Head of an old woman facing right (recto)
a fragmentary study of a seated woman (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), brown ink framing lines
59 x 57 mm.

來源

Probably George Ramsay, 8th Earl of Dalhousie (1739-1787).
The Earls of Dalhousie (L. 717a), until 1922.
With P. & D. Colnaghi, London, 1922.
Bernard Houthakker (L. 1272); Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17-18 November 1975, lot 122 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-66).

出版

W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, 8, New York, 1984, no. 1815x (as Maes).
W. Robinson, The early works of Nicolaes Maes, 1653 to 1661, [unpublished doctoral thesis], Harvard, 1996, p. 322, no. 42 (as 'Attributed incorrectly to Maes').

展覽

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, De verzameling van Bernard Houthakker, 1964, no. 56.
Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr A.C.R. Dreesmann, 1982, no. 21.

注意事項

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拍品專文

Another drawing by the same hand (Sumowski 1814x, dated circa 1655) was also with Bernard Houthakker, and was the following lot in the sale. Egbert Haverkamp-Begemann has suggested that both drawings may be by an artist close to Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, W. Sumowski, op. cit., under no. 1814x.