Jürgen Ovens 1623 Tönning – Friedrichstadt 1678 Resting man, smoking a pipe

Pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash and heightened with white chalk, on brownish laid paper. 28.9 x 40.8 cm. Inscribed verso in brown pen “De Heeren Doctoren. en. Collegium”. Further annotations in pencil.

Period

15th-18th Century

Technique

Works on paper

Details

Provenienz:
Heinrich Wilhelm Campe (1771-1862), Leipzig, im Unterrand mit dem Trockenstempel (Lugt 1391);
Sammlung Heinrich Brockhaus (1804-1874), Leipzig, seitdem in Familienbesitz.

Description

Jürgen Ovens belonged to the Rembrandt circle. The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, has a smaller version of the same motif, partly executed in watercolours (inv. no. WA1936.162). In a collector’s mount. – Two creases in the upper left margin, individual inconspicuous folds along the left edge and in the lower left corner. Verso slightly stained. In good condition.

We are grateful to Sabine van Beek, RKD, The Hague, for kindly confirming the authenticity (with written certificate, dated 5 March 2024).