Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Circle of Jan Pynas (Alkmaar 1581-1631 Amsterdam)
Lot 137

Circle of Jan Pynas (Alkmaar 1581-1631 Amsterdam)

Isaiah sending David to Saul

Closed10 December 2014

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EUR 250

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Circle of Jan Pynas (Alkmaar 1581-1631 Amsterdam)
Isaiah sending David to Saul
with inscriptions 'G. Castleijn' (twice, verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey and red-brown wash, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark, possibly Strasburg lily
5¼ x 7½ in. (13.1 x 18.7 cm.)

Anonymous sale [L.X. Lannoy et al.]; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 19 May 1925, lot 141.

Specialist note

The notes on the present drawing in the collection files show that it had for some time been attributed to Jan Pynas (1581-1631), although it seems stylistically closest to the circle of Lastman. The early inscriptions on the verso seem to indicate that at one point it was considered to be a work by Casper Casteleyn (circa 1625-1661). However, there are no comparable works by Casteleyn and indeed the handling of the drawing suggests an earlier date.