CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)
CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)
CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)
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CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)

Study of the head of a screaming man

Details
CORNELIS CORNELISZ. VAN HAARLEM (HAARLEM 1562-1638)
Study of the head of a screaming man
oil on panel
13 7/8 x 11 7/8 in. (35.3 x 30.2 cm.)
Provenance
Art Market, London, 1998.
Literature
P.J.J. van Thiel, Cornelis Cornelisz. van Haarlem: A Monograph and Catalogue Raisonné, Doornspijk, 1999, pp. 86, 106, 163 and 400, no. 263, pls. III and 31.
Special notice
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Lot Essay


This head does not occur in any of Cornelis van Haarlem's known paintings, but Pieter van Thiel points out that similar heads, both male and female, can be seen in The Fall of Lucifer (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen) and The Fall of Ixion (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam) from circa 1588, alongside several other scenes of massacre and martyrdom from the following years. On this basis van Thiel proposes a dating for the present work of around 1588/92.

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