Recto: Prometheus bound Verso: Calligraphic exercises, Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn

Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss
Dirk de Quade van Ravesteyn
circa 1565 - after 1619
Recto: Prometheus bound
Verso: Calligraphic exercises

Red chalk and stumping with touches of black chalk (recto); pen and brown ink (verso);
signed with the artist's initials, in red chalk, lower right: QVR
bears old attribution in black chalk, verso: quade Re...
202 by 302 mm; 7⅞ by 11⅞ in.

Condition Report:
Laid down on an old backing. There is surface dirt and staining to areas of the sheet. The upper left corner has previously been repaired. The chalk media remains in reasonable condition throughout with the image strong. Sold unframed.