Standing Boy, Seen from Behind
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Dimensionsh x w: 19,1 x 10,9 cm
Inventory numberNMH 2060/1863
Other titlesTitel (sv): Stående pojke, sedd bakifrån Titel (en): Standing Boy, Seen from Behind
DescriptionDescription: Pen and point of brush in brown, 191 x 109 mm. Ruled framing lines in brown ink. No watermark. Chain lines: 25 mm. Numbered in the lower right corner, in pen and brown ink, 1860 (Sparre), 200 (struck out) and 1860 (struck out). The young man with a crutch or staff is most likely a studio model using the support to maintain his position. Studies like this from Rembrandt’s studio are frequent. Another study in this collection is attributed to Renesse (entry no. 385). Kruse was reluctant to give up the old attribution to Rembrandt, but reports the generally negative opinion among scholars. In particular, he cites two drawings in the Albertina, one attributed to Terborch, the other to Eeckhout. The latter attribution, according to Kruse suggested by Valentiner, was accepted by Sumowski, who dated the drawing in question to the early 1650s. Robinson has shown that it is difficult to prove that the group of brush drawings to which the present one seems to belong are in fact by Eeckhout, and the earliest attribution to the artist was made in 1770. The attribution is open to doubt. The faint preliminary outlines, worked up with the brush and then strengthened with darker accents, are similar to the seated woman attributed to Abraham van Dijck in this collection, previously given to Maes (entry no. 131). [Magnusson, Dutch Drawings no. 148]
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