Lot Essay
Associated with one of Marcus Gheeraerts' plates in J.V.D. Vondel's Vorstelijcke Warande der Dieren, Amsterdam, 1617, p. 80.
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A seated fox in profile to the right
Details
Circle of Jacques de Gheyn II (Haarlem 1596-1644)
A seated fox in profile to the right
with number '2187' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, partial pen and brown ink framing lines
5 x 5 1/8 in. (124 x 127 mm.)
A seated fox in profile to the right
with number '2187' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, partial pen and brown ink framing lines
5 x 5 1/8 in. (124 x 127 mm.)
Provenance
Possibly Isaac Danckerts; de Vries, Amsterdam, 3 December 1849, lot 131 (as 'Two pieces with seated wolves with the pen') or 132 (as 'Two pieces with standing and seated wolves, with the pen').
Dr Alfred Scharf, and by descent.
Dr Alfred Scharf, and by descent.
Literature
I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn, Three Generations, The Hague, 1983, II, p. 173, no. 62 (as Jacques de Gheyn III).
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