Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1564/66-1651 Utrecht)

Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata, a Franciscan brother to his right

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Abraham Bloemaert (Gorinchem 1564/66-1651 Utrecht)
Saint Francis of Assisi receiving the Stigmata, a Franciscan brother to his right
with inscription 'Kg' and further indistinctively inscribed (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, heightened with white, black chalk and pen and brown ink framing lines, watermark shield with three bee hives and letters H4S VX (cf. Briquet 544)
9 3/8 x 5 5/8 in. (23.9 x 14.5 cm.)

Provenance

D. Muilman; J. de Bosch et al., Amsterdam, 29 March 1773, kunstboek C, lot 202 (5.10 guilders to Gaffelbroek).
Baron Louis-Auguste de Schwiter (1805-1889) (L. 1768); Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 20-1 April 1883, part of lot 7.
Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 6 November 1980, lot 138.

Literature

J. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c. 1565-1651. The drawings, Amsterdam, 2007, I, no. 284, II, fig. 284.

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Lot Essay

Datable to the 1620-30s, this sheet is closely related to a drawing showing the saint in a more frontal pose, also with a Franciscan brother (J. Bolten, op. cit., no. 282). That drawing, dated by Bolten to 1605-1615, was engraved in reverse by Jacob Matham (ibid., fig. 282a) and although no print after the present composition is known, Bolten thinks it may also have been intended for an engraving.

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