ATTRIBUTED TO JAN VAN DER STRAET, LO STRADANUS (1523-1605)

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ATTRIBUTED TO JAN VAN DER STRAET, LO STRADANUS (1523-1605)

A HUNTSMAN WITH A SPEAR ON A REARING CHARGER, SEEN FROM BEHIND

WITH INSCRIPTIONS 'GIO.I STRADANO (RECTO); AND 'DI GIOV.NI STRADANO' (VERSO); RED CHALK, WATERMARK ENCIRCLED CROSSBOW (CF. BRIQUET 749, LUCCA 1548)
12 5/8 X 7½IN. (321 X 191MM.)

拍品专文

ALTHOUGH NO DRAWINGS OF THIS MEDIUM ARE KNOWN BY STRADANUS, SIMILAR FIGURES OF HUNTSMEN APPEAR IN HIS ENGRAVINGS. THE HANDLING OF RED CHALK RECALLS DRAWINGS BY VASARI, WHO STRADANUS WORKED WITH AT THE MEDICI COURT, SUCH AS THE STUDY OF A BEARDED MAN IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM, N. TURNER, FLORENTINE DRAWINGS OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, LONDON, 1986, NO. 138, ILLUSTRATED