Lot 104: JAN MASSYS AND STUDIO ANTWERP CIRCA 1509 - BEFORE 8 OCTOBER 1575

oil on oak panel

76 by 107.3 cm.; 30 by 42 1/4 in.

Chevalier Edouard de San, Brussels;
His sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 4 March 1977, lot 967 (as Jan Sanders van Hemessen);
Anonymous sale, London, Bonhams, 13 December 2000, lot 85.

This is an autograph replica with studio assistance of Jan Massys' painting, dated 1557, from the collection of the Earl of Wemyss at Gosford House, now located in the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh (see L. Buijnsters-Smets, Jan Massys, Nijmegen 1995, pp. 186-7, cat. no. 30, reproduced). Infra-red reflectography of the present version has revealed pouncing marks and underdrawing with modifications, which implies the use of a cartoon to transfer the design within Massys's workshop.