Old Master and British Works on Paper
Old Master and British Works on Paper
Ambrosius Francken the Elder
The Calling of Matthew
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Ambrosius Francken the Elder
Herentals 1544/45 - 1618 Antwerp
The Calling of Matthew
Pen and brown ink and wash over traces of black chalk, indented for transfer;
bears illegible old attribution, lower left
184 by 282 mm; 7¼by 11⅛ in
Dr. Carl Robert Rudolf (1884-1974), London (L.2811b) on the mount
The present work is a preparatory study by Francken for an engraving of the same subject executed by Jan Collaert in 1585.
An impression of the engraving, with contemporary coloring, is in the British Museum, London.1
1. London, The British Museum, inv. no. 1968,1018.1.295