DUTCH SCHOOL 17thC - SUBTILE PORTRAIT YOUNG MAN ATTR. FLINCK - RED CHALK DRAWING
Item History & Price
For sale is this Dutch mid 17th century drawing, a fine piece of art !
The drawing, executed in red chalk on laid watermarked paper, depicts a portrait of a longhaired young man, dressed in the style of the mid 17th century higher class (possibly the son of a rich merchant).This drawing should be seen as a preparatory study for a larger scale portrait.Backside : inscriptions of a later period.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Dutch School of the Rembrandt School, given to... Govert Flinck. Research learned me that the drawing is related stylisticly to other portrait studies of Flinck (such as "standing man near a table" - Amsterdam - Prints Cabinet).
GOVERT FLINCK (Kleve 1615 - Amsterdam 1660) : A draper's son from Kleve, Germany, Govaert Flinck first studied in the northern Netherlands with painter, dealer, and Mennonite preacher Lambert Jacobsz., whose manner resembled that of Pieter Lastman. There Flinck met Jacob Backer, who deeply influenced the young artist's early style.
In 1633, armed with practical and technical skills, Flinck moved to Amsterdam, studying with Rembrandt van Rijn until 1636. He became so absorbed in Rembrandt's approach that some of Flinck's paintings from the 1630s have been confused with those of Rembrandt.
Like many other Dutch painters during the 1640s and 1650s, Flinck began making his portraits more elegant and brightening his palette under the spell of Flemish artists such as Anthony van Dyck. After imbuing an allegorical painting for Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, with the then-fashionable Baroque ideas of pathos and pomp, Amsterdam's citizens thronged to him for portraits. The new style also brought strong demand for allegorical scenes for palaces and public buildings. Flinck received important commissions for Huis ten Bosch, a royal residence, and the new Amsterdam town hall. In 1659 he was commissioned with twelve large paintings for the city's great civic hall, but he died soon after signing the contract.
Period : ca. 1650.
Size : 19, 2x12, 6cm.
Condition : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Left and bottom side slightly irregular of shape. Some small spots. Top corner left : slight traces of folding. Backside : traces of previous attaching. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 16$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
The drawing, executed in red chalk on laid watermarked paper, depicts a portrait of a longhaired young man, dressed in the style of the mid 17th century higher class (possibly the son of a rich merchant).This drawing should be seen as a preparatory study for a larger scale portrait.Backside : inscriptions of a later period.
Authorship : the drawing is from the Dutch School of the Rembrandt School, given to... Govert Flinck. Research learned me that the drawing is related stylisticly to other portrait studies of Flinck (such as "standing man near a table" - Amsterdam - Prints Cabinet).
GOVERT FLINCK (Kleve 1615 - Amsterdam 1660) : A draper's son from Kleve, Germany, Govaert Flinck first studied in the northern Netherlands with painter, dealer, and Mennonite preacher Lambert Jacobsz., whose manner resembled that of Pieter Lastman. There Flinck met Jacob Backer, who deeply influenced the young artist's early style.
In 1633, armed with practical and technical skills, Flinck moved to Amsterdam, studying with Rembrandt van Rijn until 1636. He became so absorbed in Rembrandt's approach that some of Flinck's paintings from the 1630s have been confused with those of Rembrandt.
Like many other Dutch painters during the 1640s and 1650s, Flinck began making his portraits more elegant and brightening his palette under the spell of Flemish artists such as Anthony van Dyck. After imbuing an allegorical painting for Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg, with the then-fashionable Baroque ideas of pathos and pomp, Amsterdam's citizens thronged to him for portraits. The new style also brought strong demand for allegorical scenes for palaces and public buildings. Flinck received important commissions for Huis ten Bosch, a royal residence, and the new Amsterdam town hall. In 1659 he was commissioned with twelve large paintings for the city's great civic hall, but he died soon after signing the contract.
Period : ca. 1650.
Size : 19, 2x12, 6cm.
Condition : Good. Some scattered dirt throughout. Left and bottom side slightly irregular of shape. Some small spots. Top corner left : slight traces of folding. Backside : traces of previous attaching. Unframed.
Shipping : flat shippingrate 16$. Shipped as International Registered Mail (with trackingn°). Combined shipping available.
