SUISSE SCHOOL 16thC - RELIGIOUS SCENE WITH SOLDIERS CIRCLE URS GRAF - INK
Item History & Price
For sale is this important early 16th century master drawing, a recent find in Paris.
The drawing, executed in pen and ink on laid paper, shows a religious scene, depicting two Roman soldiers, sitting under the cross, gambling for the mantle of Christ.This drawing, most likely, must have been part of a set of preparatory studies for a larger scale painting.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Suisse School, attributed to the circle of Urs Graf.
URS GRAF (Solothurn 1485 - Baze...l 1529) : Suisse painter, draughtsman, who regularly abandoned family and workshop for military campaigns, a mercenary in search of adventure and booty. Graf primarily depicted the political climate, social conditions, and erotic themes. He often depicted violence and chronicled brutish battlefield life alongside majestic Alpine landscapes. However, he sometimes gave his pictures an air of fantasy by using lively, curling strokes. By signing and dating his drawings, Graf was instrumental in raising drawing's status to an independent work of art.
First trained by his goldsmith father, Graf apprenticed in goldsmithing in Zurich. After designing book illustrations and working as a stained-glass painter's assistant, in 1512 he entered the goldsmiths' guild and purchased citizenship in Basel, where he was jailed repeatedly for wife-beating and public consorting with prostitutes. In 1518 he fled to the city after an attempted homicide. The Basel city council invited him to return as the mint's die cutter in 1519. Graf disappeared from Basel in 1527, though a signed drawing from 1529 exists.
Period : ca. 1520.
Size : 19, 4x26cm.
Condition : Fairly good, seen its age. Slightly worn. Some scattered dirt throughout. The drawing allready was the subject of a carefull restoration. Laid down on Japanese paper (to secure some tears and small missing fragments of paper). Bottom corner left, corners right restored. Right side covered with grey watercolor (could be cleaned). Top corner left missing. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.On Jun-15-19 at 20:38:39 PDT, seller added the following information:I forgot to mention that there is an unidentified collector's mark top corner left (research is being done for the moment, but so far no results).I do apologise for this loophole in the description.
The drawing, executed in pen and ink on laid paper, shows a religious scene, depicting two Roman soldiers, sitting under the cross, gambling for the mantle of Christ.This drawing, most likely, must have been part of a set of preparatory studies for a larger scale painting.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Suisse School, attributed to the circle of Urs Graf.
URS GRAF (Solothurn 1485 - Baze...l 1529) : Suisse painter, draughtsman, who regularly abandoned family and workshop for military campaigns, a mercenary in search of adventure and booty. Graf primarily depicted the political climate, social conditions, and erotic themes. He often depicted violence and chronicled brutish battlefield life alongside majestic Alpine landscapes. However, he sometimes gave his pictures an air of fantasy by using lively, curling strokes. By signing and dating his drawings, Graf was instrumental in raising drawing's status to an independent work of art.
First trained by his goldsmith father, Graf apprenticed in goldsmithing in Zurich. After designing book illustrations and working as a stained-glass painter's assistant, in 1512 he entered the goldsmiths' guild and purchased citizenship in Basel, where he was jailed repeatedly for wife-beating and public consorting with prostitutes. In 1518 he fled to the city after an attempted homicide. The Basel city council invited him to return as the mint's die cutter in 1519. Graf disappeared from Basel in 1527, though a signed drawing from 1529 exists.
Period : ca. 1520.
Size : 19, 4x26cm.
Condition : Fairly good, seen its age. Slightly worn. Some scattered dirt throughout. The drawing allready was the subject of a carefull restoration. Laid down on Japanese paper (to secure some tears and small missing fragments of paper). Bottom corner left, corners right restored. Right side covered with grey watercolor (could be cleaned). Top corner left missing. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 17$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.On Jun-15-19 at 20:38:39 PDT, seller added the following information:I forgot to mention that there is an unidentified collector's mark top corner left (research is being done for the moment, but so far no results).I do apologise for this loophole in the description.
