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Two drawings.
A similar painting (black/white) 'Christ descent into Limbo' from Herri met de Bles can be seen at the Auction at Christies in London 1958.
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History:
Private collection Peter Elias de Witte, Bruges / Florence Most likely, the tapestry weaver Peter Elias de Witte [Pietro d'Elia Candido], father of Peter de Witte (I) [Pietro di Pietro Candido], numbered the folia from 1 to 147. He provided it album also of two inscriptions. Where de Witte acquired the album is unclear (Volk-Knüttel 2010, p. 13). 1547 - 1576 Peter Elias de Witte was active between about 1547 and 1576 (Volk-Knüttel 2010, p. 17). It is unclear when he received the album. private collection Gabriel Weyer, Nuremberg Gabriel Weyer most likely acquired the album in Germany before or in the year 1602, as he fol. 140v 1602 (Bevers 1998). The sketchbook may have ended up in Germany through Peter de Witte (I), son of Peter Elias de Witte, who was appointed court painter in Munich in 1586 (Daan van Heesch 2013-11-01). 1602 - 1632 ca.1602-1632 (year of Weyer 's death) Kupferstichkabinett der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, inv./cat.nr 79 C 2, fol. 62r The Antwerp Sketchbook came into the possession of the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett at an unknown moment in the nineteenth century (Bevers 1998).
Literature:
• Franz 1969 , p. 74-77 • Berlin 1975A , p. 134-136 • Toussaint 2002 , p. 95-118 • F. Lugt, 'Beiträge zu dem Katalog der niederländischen Handzeichnungen in Berlin', Jahrbuch der preussische Kunstsammlungen 52 (1931), p. 40 • R.A. Koch, 'A rediscovered painting: ''The Road to Calvary,'' by Herri met de Bles', Record of The Art Museum, Princeton University 14 (1955), nr. 2, p. 31-51 • N. Corwin, The Fire Landscape: Its Sources and Its Development from Bosch Through Jan Brueghel I, With Special Emphasis on the Mid-Sixteenth Century Bosch “Revival” (ongepubliceerd proefschrift, University of Washington) 1976, 228. • G. Unverfehrt, Hieronymus Bosch. Die rezeption seiner Kunst im frühen 16. Jahrhundert, Berlijn 1980, 279 • H. Bevers, 'The Antwerp Sketchbook of the Bles workshop in the Berlin Kupferstichkabinett', in: N. Muller, B. Rosasco en J. Marrow (red.), Herri met de Bles. Studies and explorations of the world landscape tradition, Turnhout 1998, p. 39-50 • L. Serck, 'L'Album Errera et le Recueil d'esquisses de Berlin dans leurs relations réciproques et leurs rapports avec Henri Bles', in: J. Toussaint, Actes du colloque. Autour de Henri Bles, Namen 2002, p. 95-118 • B. Volk-Knüttel, Peter Candid (um 1548-1628). Gemälde, zeichnungen, druckgraphik, Berlijn 2010, p. 13-22 • D. van Heesch, Het Antwerpse Schetsboek herbekeken (Berlijn, Staatliche Museen, Kupferstichkabinett, inv. nr. 79 C 2). Over Bosch-navolging, kopieerpraktijken en de verspreiding van vormentaal in Antwerpen rond het midden van de zestiende eeuw (ongepubliceerde bachelorpaper, KU Leuven) 2013
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Website ‘rkd,nl’- afbeeldingsnr. 0000373143
