Old Testament Prophet Gesturing to His Left
Old Testament Prophet Gesturing to His Left
Old Testament Prophet Gesturing to His Left
Old Testament Prophet Gesturing to His Left

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Old Testament Prophet Gesturing to His Left,

ca. 1640

Francisco de Herrera the Elder, Spanish, c. 1590 - 1654
formerly attributed to possibly Francisco de Herrera the Younger, called "El Mozo", Spanish, 1627–1685
2002-92
These drawings are from a series of about twenty known sheets executed by Herrera the Elder in brush and gray wash. Bold strokes of dark wash laid down over lighter tones suggest a dramatic depth of light and shade, reminiscent of sculpture as seen in a strong light.

Information

Title
Old Testament Prophet Gesturing to His Left
Dates

ca. 1640

Maker
Francisco de Herrera the Elder
Medium
Brush and black ink and grey wash
Dimensions
15.1 × 11.1 cm (5 15/16 × 4 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase, Laura P. Hall Memorial Fund and Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund
Object Number
2002-92
Inscription
in graphite, on mount lower right: 98 in graphite, on mount lower center: 583
Marks/Labels/Seals
Stamp in black ink, lower right: PM [in oval] [Lugt 3561]
Culture
Spanish
Type
drawings
Materials
cardboard, ink, laid paper, wash
Subject
prophets, figures (representations), religious art

Frank Hall Standish (Catalogue, Paris, 1842); King Louis-Philippe, his sale, Paris, December 6, 1852, lot 583, as “École de Francisco Herrera”; Mathias Polakovits, Paris and New York, stamp, recto, lower right in black [Lugt 3561]; purchased by the Art Museum from the estate of Mathias Polakovits, 2002

formerly attributed to possibly Francisco de Herrera the Younger, called "El Mozo", Spanish, 1627–1685

These drawings (2002-91 and 2002-92), were published in the "Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2002," Record of the Princeton University Art Museum 62 (2003): p. 120 as being created by either Francisco de Herrera the Elder (ca. 1590-1654) or by Francisco de Herrera the Younger (1627-1685), however Lisa A. Banner places the attribution firmly with Francisco de Herrera the Elder due to the many similiarities to a group of drawings by de Herrera the Elder at the Louvre. The Princeton sheets are on mounts that are the same type as those at the Louvre. Princeton's drawings are inscribed with "583" across the secondary support, which corresponds to the lot number from the Louis Philippe sale of December 6, 1852, which the Louvre sheets share. The provenance of these drawings can be traced back to Frank Hall Standish who attributed them to Herrera the Elder and School of Herrera.

Adapted from: Lisa A. Banner, Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum, (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012).

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