Jacques de Gheyn II (Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague)

Saint Paul journeying to Damascus

Details

Jacques de Gheyn II (Antwerp 1565-1629 The Hague)
Saint Paul journeying to Damascus
signed (?) 'ID Gheyn' (the first three letters interlaced)
black chalk, pen and brown ink
16.7 x 23.8 cm.

Literature

I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn: An Introduction to the Study of his Drawings, Amsterdam, 1935, pp. 42, 76.
I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn: Three Generations, The Hague, 1983, II, no. 80, III, pl. 158.

Exhibited

The Hague, Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, Hollandse tekeningen rond 1600, bijeengebracht door de Interuniversitaire Kunsthistorische Studentenorganisatie in Nederland (I.K.O.N.), 1952, no. 15.

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Lot Essay

According to I.Q. van Regteren Altena, who dated it early in the artist's career, 'as a very careless sketch and yet a complete composition, [this drawing] occupies a special place in de Gheyn's oeuvre' (op. cit., 1983, p. 32).

A similar signature can be seen on a drawing showing a young man holding a pen in the Amsterdam Museum (van Regteren Altena, op. cit., 1983, no. 665).

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