Swiss School, Late 16th Century

Christ Captured

Auction Closed

January 27, 05:29 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of David and Louise Carter

Swiss School, Late 16th Century

Christ Captured

Pen and brown ink and wash, heightened with white;

signed and dated on the shield in brown ink: Tobias Ber / nhardt anno / 15 .5(?) / Adi Den 19 / Augustus

and bears numbering in brown ink, verso: No 120.

176 by 148 mm; 6 7/8 by 5 7/8 in

We are most grateful to Stefano L’Occaso for pointing out that this drawing appears to be based on the 1585 chiaroscuro woodcut by Andrea Andreani, which records the right half of a wax relief by Giambologna, showing Pilate Washing His Hands and Christ Led from Judgement (1579-80), now in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (inv. 330-1879). We are also grateful to Monroe Warshaw for informing us that the Geissler archive at the Getty Museum records an Augsburg artist by the name of Tobias Bernhart (1578-1621); if, however, the reading of the date on the drawing is correct, this artist would have had to be extremely young when making the drawing.

János Scholz (1903-1993), New York (L.2933b);
with Este Gallery, New York (as Tobias Erhard)