Lot 122: The poet Virgil (recto); Sketches for a composition with moralising inscriptions, possibly a project for a pamphlet (verso)

Attributed to Isaac Duchemin (Brussels ? - circa 1590 Cologne) The poet Virgil (recto); Sketches for a composition with moralising inscriptions, possibly a project for a pamphlet (verso) with inscription 'Vergil' and extensively inscribed (both verso) engraving (recto); pen and brown ink (verso), watermark crest surmounted by trefoil 14 5/8 x 10½ in. (37.2 x 26.6 cm.)

37.2 x 26.6 cm.

circa 1590

Dr. Ilja Veldman, whom we thank for her help in cataloguing this lot, attributes the engraving to Isaac Duchemin (d. circa 1590 in Cologne) and compares it to the artist's portrait of Jan van der Noort (Hollstein 6; I. Veldman, Un cabinet particulier. Les estampes de la Collection Frits Lugt, Paris, 2010, no. 21).