Netherlandish School, late 15th century

Jean Gigoux (L.1164);
Hochon (according to Rodrigues sale catalogue);
Eugene Rodrigues (L.897), his sale, Amsterdam, F. Muller, 12-13 July 1921, lot 130, reproduced pl. L (as Netherlandish School, 15th Century, to M. von Weber)

Window mounted. Some losses in both lower corners, and some thin areas down both sides. Some small brown stains, particularly across top half of sheet. Some surface dirt, but ink generally good and fresh.
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In the Rodrigues sale catalogue, it is suggested that the drawing probably relates to a composition by Dirck Bouts, but the figure types also seem reminiscent of the works of the Master of the View of Sainte Gudule.  The watermark, a bull's head surmounted by a flower, is of a type common throughout Germany and Central Europe from the mid 14th century until around 1500.