Lot 2: *Francois Quesnel (circa 1543-1613)

*Francois Quesnel (circa 1543-1613)
portrait of a man wearing a ruff.
Dated: 1573.
Black, red and brown chalk.
307 by 205mm.
Provenance:
Henry Danby Seymour (L.176);
A French school portrait drawing of a young man in red and black chalks, not otherwise described, is listed in the inventory of the contents of Franz Koenigs' Berlin flat, recovered after the Second World War (see introduction).