Live auction - Lot 67
Christ falling on the way to calvary.
Subject: [Flemish school]
€ 150 / 200
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Lot description
C. 1700
Drawing, point of brush and brown wash over black chalk, 34,6 x 24,4 cm, laid paper with unidentified watermark (serpent with letter I), unsigned (old repaired tear at upper left corner, sm. tear at upper right corner, some stains at upper left side, horiz. folding crease at center, sm. tear at lower right corner, verso repaired with Japan paper).
Loose and dynamic sketch of Christ climbing on Mount Golgotha, surrounded by onlookers and Roman soldiers. In the left foreground Mary is mourning. Probably a workshop drawing for a larger panel or canvas.