Attributed to Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593-1678)

The Deposition

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Attributed to Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593-1678)
The Deposition
red and black chalk, bodycolor on three joined pieces of brown paper, upper edge irregular
18¾ x 22 3/8 in. (475 x 568 mm.)

Provenance

P. Crozat, his number '12'; Paris, 10 April - 13 May 1741, part of lot 857 (23 livres to Nourri as 'Douze, idem, [Jordaens] parmi lesquels sont encore plusieurs Desseins colorés, & entr'autre une Descente de Croix).
M. Nourri; Paris, 24 February 1785, part of lot 887 (10 livres to Naudet as 'Deux autres, [Jordaens] dont une Descente de Croix, composition de huit figures executée à l'aquarelle).
An unidentified collector's mark (twice, not in Lugt).

Literature

R.A. d'Hulst, Jordaens Drawings, Brussels, 1974, no. C79, fig. 557 (as a copy) and under no. A306.

Lot Essay

D'Hulst describes this as a copy of Jordaens' painting of the 1650s in the Museum of the Commissie voor de Openbare Onderstand, Antwerp. Pierre Crozat had eigtheen drawings by Jordaens, a number of which are still recorded by R.A. d'Hulst, op. cit., nos. A176, A177, A320, A377, A410, figs. 188, 189, 337, 396, 430.

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