FRANS FLORIS I (ANVERS 1519-1570) - photo 1
FRANS FLORIS I (ANVERS 1519-1570) - photo 2
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FRANS FLORIS I (ANVERS 1519-1570)

Lot 20
26.03.2025 15:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
ID 1390019
Lot 20 | FRANS FLORIS I (ANVERS 1519-1570)
Estimate value
€ 6 000 – 8 000
FRANS FLORIS I (ANVERS 1519-1570)
Étude de visages et personnages en pied (recto); Scène de martyre (verso)
monogrammé (?) ‘FF’ (en bas à droite) et avec numérotation ‘2317’ (en haut à gauche)
plume et encre brune
17,5 x 13,4 cm (6 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.), les quatre angles coupés




Further details

FRANS I FLORIS, STUDY OF FACES AND FIGURES (RECTO); A MARTYRDOM (VERSO), PEN AND BROWN INK, MONOGRAMMED (?)

An Antwerp painter and engraver, Frans Floris was a successful artist during his lifetime. Strongly influenced by Italian painting, his favorite subjects were mainly antique models. Treated with a lively line, the present sheet shows an artist in the process of reflection. On the recto, among studies of male heads, a female silhouette and bust stand out. This ensemble is reminiscent of the tympanum of the triumphal arch that Floris designed for the entrance of Emperor Philip II in 1549 and known from an engraving (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, inv. RP-P-1884-A-7841; fig. 1; E.H. Wouk, Frans Floris (1619/20-1570) Imagining a Northern Renaissance, Leiden, Boston, 2018, p. 150): the movement of the Victory's drapery and certain captive faces surrounding her offer convincing parallels. On the verso, a sketch possibly depicts the martyrdom of St John the Baptist against a background of antique architecture: on the left, a man appears to be handing a head to a woman, while a figure drags a male body along the ground.
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