Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Flemish School, 17th Century
Lot 185

Flemish School, 17th Century

A monk contemplating a crucifix, with two subsidiary studies of hands (recto); Figure studies (verso)

Closed10 December 2014

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EUR 3,500

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Flemish School, 17th Century
A monk contemplating a crucifix, with two subsidiary studies of hands (recto); Figure studies (verso)
with number '8' and with inscription 'A. v. Dijck' (both verso)
red chalk and traces of black chalk (recto); pen and black ink, (verso), watermark Sacred Heart
11½ x 7¼ in. (29 x 18.8 cm.)

Specialist note

Considered by I.Q. van Regteren Altena to be a study by Vermeer for a lost painting of Saint Francis dating from the beginnings of the artist.
For another drawing attributed to Vermeer by van Regteren Altena, see lot 229.