- 38
Attributed to Frans Floris the Elder
Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 USD
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Description
- Attributed to Frans Floris the Elder
- The Exodus
- Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, heightened with white, on buff paper
- sheet: 8 by 9 1/2 in.; 20.2 by 24.2 cm.
- framed: 17 by 18 in.; 42 by 46 cm.
pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, heightened with white, on buff paper
Provenance
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 26 January 2000, lot 124;
Emile Wolf, New York;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Emile Wolf, New York;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, 'Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century from a Collection', 1979, no. 59 (as Casper Luyken).
Condition
Backed with Japan paper. Long diagonal repaired tear coming down from right through buildings and figures. Two smaller repaired tears in lower edge, centre. Slight oxidization of white in one or two places. A very little light staining and surface dirt. Wash still strong and fresh looking. Brown wood frame.
The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The condition report is provided to assist you with assessing the condition of the lot and is for guidance only. Any reference to condition in the condition report for the lot does not amount to a full description of condition. The images of the lot form part of the condition report for the lot provided by Sotheby's. Certain images of the lot provided online may not accurately reflect the actual condition of the lot. In particular, the online images may represent colours and shades which are different to the lot's actual colour and shades. The condition report for the lot may make reference to particular imperfections of the lot but you should note that the lot may have other faults not expressly referred to in the condition report for the lot or shown in the online images of the lot. The condition report may not refer to all faults, restoration, alteration or adaptation because Sotheby's is not a professional conservator or restorer but rather the condition report is a statement of opinion genuinely held by Sotheby's. For that reason, Sotheby's condition report is not an alternative to taking your own professional advice regarding the condition of the lot.
Catalogue Note
Though perhaps slightly looser in its handling, this drawing can be compared with the signed drawing by Floris depicting 'A group of men in antique costume', in Munich.1 It is completely unrelated in terms of style and date to the work of Caspar Luyken, to whom it was attributed in the 1979 Cornell exhibition catalogue.
1. Carl van de Velde, 'Frans Floris (1519/20-1570), Leven en Werken', 2 vols., Brussels 1975, vol. I, pp. 375-6, cat. 42, illus. vol. II, pl. 141