Lot 39: Attributed to Jacques des Rousseaux , Tourcoing circa 1600 - 1638 Leiden head of a bearded old man Red chalk and stumping

Red chalk and stumping

measurements note 239 by 194 mm

W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, vol. 10, New York 1992, pp. 5188-89, no. 2293υxx

Carl Budtz Moeller (bears his mark, not in Lugt);
Jacobus A. Klaver, Amsterdam;
bears two unidentified collector's marks (not in Lugt)

PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE JACOBUS A. KLAVER, AMSTERDAM
This sheet was 'tentatively attributed' to Rousseaux by Sumowski (see Literature), who compared the modeling of the man's features and beard, in addition to the drawing's type and execution to a painted 'Head of an Apostle' by the artist dated 1630, in the Bredius Museum, The Hague.υ1 Rousseaux travelled to Italy in 1627, and on his return entered the school of Rembrandt. Jan Lievens also influenced Rousseaux's head studies, and indeed was the artist to whom the present sheet was traditionally attributed. We are grateful to Rhea Blok for kindly identifying the Moeller collector's mark. 1. See W. Sumowski, Gemälde der Rembrandt-Schüler, Landau 1983, vol. IX, p. 2510, no. 1675a, reproduced