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Lot 41

Jan Erasmus Quellinus (Antwerp 1634-1715 Mechelen)

An elegantly dressed woman holding a garland with a putto and an urn to her left

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GBP 800–1,200

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Jan Erasmus Quellinus (Antwerp 1634-1715 Mechelen)
An elegantly dressed woman holding a garland with a putto and an urn to her left
black chalk, point of the brush and grey wash, heightened with white on buff paper, brown ink framing lines
5 3⁄8 x 4 5⁄8 in. (13.6 x 11.7 cm.)

Specialist note

The rendering of the faces in characteristic of Jan Erasmus Quellinus and can be compared to that in The Distribution of the Franciscan Cords, a drawing that is signed and dated '1667', now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 62.147).