Eduard Dubois (Antwerp 1619-1696 London)

Eduard Dubois was a son of the painter Hendrick du Bois and elder brother of Simon. Several drawings very similar to the present one survive and have been alternatively attributed to Eduard or Simon, but it seems the latter should be preferred. One example at The Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 80.3.299) is inscribed ‘Dubois’; another, at Christ Church, Oxford, is inscribed ‘Du Boise’, as well as (on the mount) ‘Edward’ (J. Byam Shaw, Drawings by Old Masters at Christ Church, Oxford, Oxford, 1976, I, no. 1483, II, pl. 885). Both brothers spent time in Italy, staying in Venice in 1657, before settling in England.