CIRCLE OF JAN III VAN DER DOORNE (1616-1663), FLEMISH, MID 17TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF IVORY FIGURES OF THE VIRGIN AND SAINT JOHN
CIRCLE OF JAN III VAN DER DOORNE (1616-1663), FLEMISH, MID 17TH CENTURY
Each on an integrally carved circular plinth and a modern square ebonised stepped wood base
11 in. (28.1 cm.) high; 11¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high, overall, each

Literature

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
C. Theuerkauff, 'Addenda to the Small-Scale Sculpture of Matthieu van Beveren of Antwerp', The Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal, XXIII, 1988, pp. 135-136, nos. 20-21.
Brussels, Musée d'Art Ancien, La sculpture au siècle de Rubens dans les Pays-Bas méridionaux et la principauté de Liège, 15 Jul. - 2 Oct. 1977, p. 244.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The present ivories are almost certainly by the same hand as an ivory figure of the Mourning Virgin, listed by Theuerkauff in a private collection in Munich (loc. cit.). The present figures share the elongated form, voluminous and bunched drapery, long and bony figures and languid facial expressions as the Munich Virgin. Some of these characteristics can be seen in the work of Jan III Van Doorne (1616-1663), and it is likely that the artist of these three figures was working in his circle (Brussels, loc. cit.).

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