Jan 29, 2013 - Sale 2301

Sale 2301 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 3,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
NICOLAES DE BRUYN (CIRCLE OF)
(Antwerp 1571-1656 Amsterdam)
The Golden Age.

Brush and brown ink and wash and pencil on cream laid paper. 425x595 mm; 16 3/4x23 1/2 inches.

With--NICOLAES DE BRUYN. The Golden Age, engraving, 1604. 440x672 mm; 17 1/4x26 1/2 inches.

The current drawing is derived from the engraving by de Bruyn offered together with this lot, both of which are in turn based on the circa 1603 drawing of the same subject by Abraham Bloemaert now in the Städel Museum, Frankfurt.