JURIAEN POOL (AMSTERDAM 1666-1745)

A young man seated with a book

Details

JURIAEN POOL (AMSTERDAM 1666-1745)
A young man seated with a book
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash, within pen and brown ink framing lines
4 ¼ x 3 in. (10.6 x 8.3 cm)

Provenance

Johann Goll van Franckenstein (1722-1785), Amsterdam (L. 2987, with associated number ‘No. 877’ on the verso).

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Lot Essay

The son of a Polish silversmith of the same name and husband of the celebrated still-life painter Rachel Ruysch, Juriaan Pool made a career as a painter and printmaker, producing a small œuvre of portraits, many of relatives (A. Koldeweij, ‘Juriaan Pool (1666-1745). Pourtraitschilder van veel vermaardheid’, Desipientia, XIX, 2012, no. 2, pp. 16-18).

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