After Cornelis Visscher, A Woman Seated – Early 19th-century graphite drawing
After Cornelis Visscher, A Woman Seated – Early 19th-century graphite drawing
After Cornelis Visscher, A Woman Seated – Early 19th-century graphite drawing

After Cornelis Visscher A Woman Seated

£78.00
£78.00
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An original early 19th-century graphite drawing – After Cornelis Visscher, A Woman Seated.

A fine drawing after a work by the Dutch Golden Age engraver Cornelis Visscher (1628/29–1658). Visscher was one of Haarlem's most celebrated and prolific portrait draftsmen and printmakers.

A drawing of this subject, executed in black chalk on vellum, is in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Petit Palais. Another version sold at Christies in 2001. The present drawing is by an unknown hand.

In graphite with grey wash. On watermarked J Whatman wove paper.

Provenance: the Estate of Phillip Allen (1938–2022).

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Dimensions: Height: 19.2cm (7.56") Width: 14.3cm (5.63")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Graphite

Age: Early 19th-century

Signed: No.

Inscribed: No.

Dated: --

Condition: Some minor toning and foxing, with slight wrinkling to the paper. There are historical adhesive marks and/or paper remnants to the verso, from previous mounting. Please see photos for detail.

Stock number: KD-591