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Attributed to Johan Liss
approximately 1597-approximately 1630
A Gallant Couple
ca. 1615
Pen and brown ink and wash, black-brown wash, incised with metal stylus on paper.
7 5/8 x 6 1/2 inches (194 x 165 mm)
Gift of John Davidson.
2024.3
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The German artist Johann Liss is best known for the dramatic baroque paintings that he produced during the final decade of his life, when he lived in Rome and Venice. Earlier in his career, however, he worked in Haarlem and Amsterdam. This drawing surely dates to this earlier period, for the figures are akin to those in the courtly scenes and merry company compositions that Liss produced at that time, under the influence of his Dutch and Flemish contemporaries.
Watermark: Shield surmounted by crown and quatrefoil, crossed iines (sword?) inside, fragment. Watermark (transmitted infrared), shield, crown, quatrefoil, X. 450014wm_2024_3_WM_transmIR.tiff
Provenance:
Jeronimus Tonneman (1685-1750), Amsterdam; Sybrand Feitama (1694-1758); M. Oudaen (ca. 1702-1766), Rotterdam; B. de Bosch, Amsterdam (to 1817); H.C. Valkema Blouw, Amsterdam; sale, F. Muller, Amsterdam 2-4 March 1954, lot 280; Charles Albert de Burlet (1882-1956), Rotterdam and Basel; Walter Hugelshofer, Basel (by 1969); Sotheby's, New York, 16 January 1986, lot 85; John Davidson.
Associated names:
Davidson, John, former owner.
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