Jan van Lintelo

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Jan van Lintelo

active 1609-1628

An Executioner Presenting Salome with the Head of John the Baptist: Mark 6:27-8

1619

Pen and brown ink and wash, with opaque white watercolor, over black chalk, on paper prepared with a brown wash, on modern decorative mount.

8 9/16 x 6 15/16 inches (216 x 176 mm)

Purchase.

1983.2

Notes:

Watermark: none visible through lining.
A related drawing, the "Beheading of St. Catherine of Alexandria", was on the London art market in 1971 as by the Flemish printmaker Johannes van Londerseel (1570/75-1624/5), the same artist to whom the Morgan drawing was attributed at the time of its purchase in 1983.
Formerly attributed to Johannes van Londerseel, ca. 1570-ca. 1625.

Inscription:

Signed with monogram and dated at lower center, in brown ink, "J V L 1619". Inscribed on the verso, at lower center, in graphite, "Jan Van Londerseel né a Bingen en 15..." (cut off).

Provenance:

Pamela Gordon, Paris (as Johannes van Londerseel).

Associated names:

Londerseel, Joannes van, 1578-1624 or 5, Formerly attributed to.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Twentieth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1981-1983. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1984, p. 272.

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Lintelo, Jan van

School:

German