LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Black lead, black chalk and black ink wash on vellum

Measurements:

12.13 in. (30.80 cm.) (height) by 9.61 in. (24.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed in brown ink, within the drawn cartouche: Theodorus Bas Jacobi / T

Literature:

S.A.C. Dudok van Heel, Van Amsterdamse burgers tot Europesche aristrocraten, The Hague 2008, Vol. II, p. 579, fig. 391; P. van den Brink, 'Tussen Rembrandt en Rubens. Jacob Adriaensz Backer als portret- en historieschilder in Amsterdam,' Kroniek van het Rembrandthuis, forthcoming (to be published early 2014)

Provenance:

With Lodewijk Houthakker, Amsterdam; sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 11 November 1997, lot 106