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17th-Century Flemish Drawings

Netherlandish School, 15th-17th-Centuries / Flemish School, 17th-Century

Bernaert van Orley / Lucas van Leyden / Hans Sebald Beham / Peter Paul Rubens / Jan Baptiste de Wael/ Rembrandt School

North Italian Illuminated Manuscript / Italian School, 16th and early 17th-Century Drawings
Cherubino Alberti / Michelangelo Buonarotti (After) / Annibale Carracci / Parmigianino / Marcantonio Raimondi
Giulio Romano / Jacopo Palma il Giovane / Andrea Schiavone / Tintoretto / Titian (after) / Veronese / Federico Zuccaro

Italian School, 17th-Century Drawings / Simone Cantarini / Domenichino / Guercino / Pier Francesco Mola

18th-Century Drawings / 19th-Century Drawings / 20th-Century Drawings
After the Spanish victory in the southern provinces of what used to be Burgundy during the civil wars / rebellion of the late 16th century and the early 17th century, the Jesuits began building churches and commissioning art in an attempt to confirm the faith of Catholics living in what would later become Belgium and to overwhelm the senses of Protestants so that they might be the more easily converted to Catholicism.
Flemish School, 17th Century, A Saint interceding with the Virgin and the Trinity. Pen and ink and wash on laid paper with the fleur-de-lys watermark, early 17th century. Formerly in the collection of Dr. Hans Tauber with his stamp on the verso. Above the clouds, a monk gestures towards three figures in need of aid. The Christ child reasches out to him as winged angels assist those below. Image size: 270x164mm. Price: $6500.
Flemish School, 17th Century, Christ and the Virgin crowning a female saint. Pen and ink and wash on laid paper with the fleur-de-lys watermark, early 17th century. Formerly in the collection of Dr. Hans Tauber with his stamp on the verso. Image size: 260x140mm. Price: $4750.
Flemish School, 17th Century, The Holy Family. Red chalk on laid paper with the fleur-de-lys above coat of arms watermark, early-mid 17th century. This large, beautifully-drawn work reflects Rubens' general influence over Flemish painting and drawing during the 17th century. Image size: 308x500mm. Price: $7500.
Abraham Bloemaert (Dutch, 1566-1651), attributed to), The Penitent Magdalene. Pen and brown ink heightened with white on gray paper, early 17th c. By the beginning of the 17th century, Bloemaert was the leading master in Utrecht. He was a prolific draftsman who executed over 1500 drawings, many of which served as models for prints. Image size: 130x90mm. Price: $4500.
Abraham Bloemaert ((Dutch, 1566-1651), School of), St. Jerome in Penitence. Pen and brown ink and wash, partly squared in black chalk, with touches of red chalk, black ink and white lead on cream laid paper mounted on card stock. Slightly larger copy after Bolswert's engraving of Bloemaert's design (Hollstein 104) from the set of 23 saints and hermits (Hol. 96-119). According to Dr. Jaap Bolten, this is the only known copy after the design of St Jerome. See below for the whole sheet. Image size: 160x104mm. Price: $3875.
Jan Baptiste de Wael (1558-1633), Rocky landscape with St Jerome in Penitence. Pen and ink on cream laid paper, early 17th century. De Wael was born in Antwerp and studied with Frans Franken the Elder, one of the most important painters after the death of Lucas van Leyden. De Wael was a master painter and a member of the Anvers Academy. He was a friend of Anthony Van Dyck, who painted his portrait. (If you haven't found St. Jerome yet, look in the upper right at the entrance to the little grotto). Image size: 84x157mm. Price: $8500.
Flemish School, 17th Century, Penitent Magdalene. Red chalk on laid paper with no watermark. The general influence of Rubens is clear, though not the specific artist trying to work in Ruben's style. Image size: 430x315mm. Price: $5500.
Circle of Jacques de Gheyn II (Flemish, 1565-1629), Flowers. Drawing in red chalk on thin laid paper originally a printed old French military roster bleached out before use for drawing. For a comparable piece by DeGheyn, see Jacques de Gheyn II Drawings (Rotterdam: Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, 1986; the show also went to the National Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.), plate 86. Our drawing appears to date from the earlier 17th century. Image size: 330x230mm Price: SOLD.

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