Lot 28: u - *Crispijn de Passe the Elder1564-1635

Bears inscription, verso: Crispin de Passe.Pen and brown ink and wash and red and black chalk, heightened with white; indented for transfer. This lot contains 1 item(s).

With Alister Mathews, 1950;sale, London, Sotheby's, 28 March 1968, lot 128;Mathias Polakovits (bears his mark, not in Lugt);with Paul Prouté, Paris, 1976This drawing has always been considered to be by de Passe, on the basis of the old attribution on the verso, but the print for which it is a study has not so far been identified. In some respects, the handling is unusually fluid and accomplished for de Passe, and reflects a greater influence of Hendrick Goltzius than is generally evident in his work.