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PRINTS FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MENDEZ
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (1607-1677)
Young Man playing a Lute (Portrait of Iohannes Afh. Anglus?)
細節
WENCESLAUS HOLLAR (1607-1677)
Young Man playing a Lute (Portrait of Iohannes Afh. Anglus?)
etching
circa 1649-52
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, harmonious impression of this rare portrait
printing with good clarity, luminosity and depth
trimmed to or fractionally inside the borderline
the upper left corner made up and a few smaller repairs
the subject in good condition
Sheet 183 x 128 mm.
Young Man playing a Lute (Portrait of Iohannes Afh. Anglus?)
etching
circa 1649-52
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine, harmonious impression of this rare portrait
printing with good clarity, luminosity and depth
trimmed to or fractionally inside the borderline
the upper left corner made up and a few smaller repairs
the subject in good condition
Sheet 183 x 128 mm.
來源
Alfred Morrison (1821-1897) London and Fonthill (Lugt 151); then through marriage to his widow; possibly his posthumous sale, Catalogue of an extensive Collection of Early British and Foreign engraved Portraits from the collection of the Late Alfred Morrison, Esq., Sotheby's, London, 21-23 November 1927, in a group lot.
George Ambrose Cardew (1865-1942), London (Lugt 1134); presumably acquired at the above sale.
Henry Howard (1883-after 1950), London and Cortington, Wiltshire (Lugt 1318); acquired from the executors of the estate of the above (inscribed on the old mount 'Purchased from Excrs. Of Col. Cardew dec.d prior to his sale at Sotheby Jan 20th 1943'.).
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
George Ambrose Cardew (1865-1942), London (Lugt 1134); presumably acquired at the above sale.
Henry Howard (1883-after 1950), London and Cortington, Wiltshire (Lugt 1318); acquired from the executors of the estate of the above (inscribed on the old mount 'Purchased from Excrs. Of Col. Cardew dec.d prior to his sale at Sotheby Jan 20th 1943'.).
Christopher Mendez (1943-2025), London; then by descent to present owners.
出版
Pennington 1698a; New Hollstein 1259
R. Godfrey, A Bohemian Artist in England, New Haven and London, 1994, no. 78 (another impression illustrated)
R. Godfrey, A Bohemian Artist in England, New Haven and London, 1994, no. 78 (another impression illustrated)
展覽
London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of a Selection From The Work of Wenceslaus Hollar, 1875, no. 96, p. 31.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of 17th Century Art in Europe, 1938, no. 706, p. 214.
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of 17th Century Art in Europe, 1938, no. 706, p. 214.
榮譽呈獻
Stefano Franceschi
Specialist