LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pen and brown ink on vellum

Measurements:

3.54 in. (9.00 cm.) (height) by 4.69 in. (11.90 cm.) (width)

Markings:

with inscription 'Jurgen [/] Savonit' (verso)

Literature:

C. van de Velde, Jan Wierix. The Creation and the Early History of Man 1607-1608, London, 1990, no. 8a. K. Bellinger and H. Weinhold, Jan Wierix. Nine Drawings from 'The Creation and the Early History of Man, London, 1993, p. 5, n. 18. C. Kruyfhooft in European Master Drawings Unveiled, exhib. cat., Rotterdam, Kunsthal, 2002, under no. 18, n. 6. N. Strasser, Dessins des écoles du nord du XVe au XVIIIe siècle. Collection Jean Bonna, Geneva, 2013, no. 20, ill.

Provenance:

Possibly Adalbert von Lanna (1836-1909), Prague. Paul J. Sachs (1878-1965), Cambridge, Massachusetts (L. 2091). Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 21-22 November 1989, lot 2. with Richard Day, London.