Attributed to Jacob de Heusch (Utrecht 1656-1701 Amsterdam)

A drawing by the same hand, signed and dated ‘De Heus/ 1700’ – just one year before the artist’s death – was offered at Koller Auktionen, Zurich, 28 September 2018, lot 3426. The technique and style that both sheets display is not usually associated with De Heusch’s drawings; this might, however, be explained by the late date of both sheets. That they were made shortly after each other is confirmed by the drawings on the versos; both show studies of the same male nude which were surely made during the same session.