DUTCH SCHOOL 16thC - THE FORTUNE TELLING - RED CHALK CIRCLE SWART VAN GRONINGEN
Item History & Price
For sale is this impressive 16th century Dutch old master drawing, a recent find in a Parisian collection.
The drawing, executed in charcoal and red chalk on laid paper, depicts a streetscene. A young nobleman is being the subject of fortune telling by woman, carrying all sorts of goods. An elderly man, using his glasses, is watching the event, while a boy, looking straight into the audience is running a way, stealing the money bag of the young gent.
Authorship : the ...drawing is from the Dutch (North Netherlandish) School of the Renaissance period, attributed to the circle of Jan Swart van Groningen. The influence of Lucas van Leyden (Leiden ca. 1494 - Leiden 1533) should be the suject of further research.
JAN SWART VAN GRONINGEN (ca. 1500 Groningen - ca. 1560 Antwerp) : Northern Netherlandish printmaker, painter and designer of stained glass. Van Mander recorded that Swart spent several years in Gouda (probably c. 1522-1523), where he was the teacher of Adriaen Pietersz. Crabeth (d 1553), brother of the famous stained-glass designers Dirk and Wouter Crabeth. From van Mander it is also known that Swart travelled to Italy. He may have gone from Venice to Constantinople. Van Mander did not know any paintings by Swart, but he reported that he did paint landscapes and figures, according to him, in the style of Jan van Scorel.
Period : ca. 1550.
Size : 34, 2x29, 4cm.
Condition : Fairly good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Laid down on a paper support. Some restored tears. Slightly worn. Corners : fragments of paper missing. Slightly worn. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 18$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
The drawing, executed in charcoal and red chalk on laid paper, depicts a streetscene. A young nobleman is being the subject of fortune telling by woman, carrying all sorts of goods. An elderly man, using his glasses, is watching the event, while a boy, looking straight into the audience is running a way, stealing the money bag of the young gent.
Authorship : the ...drawing is from the Dutch (North Netherlandish) School of the Renaissance period, attributed to the circle of Jan Swart van Groningen. The influence of Lucas van Leyden (Leiden ca. 1494 - Leiden 1533) should be the suject of further research.
JAN SWART VAN GRONINGEN (ca. 1500 Groningen - ca. 1560 Antwerp) : Northern Netherlandish printmaker, painter and designer of stained glass. Van Mander recorded that Swart spent several years in Gouda (probably c. 1522-1523), where he was the teacher of Adriaen Pietersz. Crabeth (d 1553), brother of the famous stained-glass designers Dirk and Wouter Crabeth. From van Mander it is also known that Swart travelled to Italy. He may have gone from Venice to Constantinople. Van Mander did not know any paintings by Swart, but he reported that he did paint landscapes and figures, according to him, in the style of Jan van Scorel.
Period : ca. 1550.
Size : 34, 2x29, 4cm.
Condition : Fairly good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Laid down on a paper support. Some restored tears. Slightly worn. Corners : fragments of paper missing. Slightly worn. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 18$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
