Lot 571: CONRAD MEYER

CONRAD MEYER ZURICH 1618 - 1689 STUDY OF A STANDING FEMALE NUDE Two colours of red chalk heightened with white chalk, on paper washed red; signed in black ink, lower right: C. Meÿer fecit. ; bears extensive German inscription in brown ink on label attached to reverse of backing sheet and erased numbering in pencil at upper center of backing sheet and lower right corner: No 10 and 150 411 by 270 mm; 16 1/4 by 10 5/8 in

Although surely drawn from life, the pose adopted by the woman in this study may have been inspired by an antique sculpture of Venus. A similar drawing by Meyer, on paper prepared red, of a 'Green Man' was sold Berlin, Galerie Bassenge, 1 December 2005, lot 5612.