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Jacob Jordaens, The King Drinks (ca. 1645), oil on canvas.
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, inv. no. B03.0012.
Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp 1593 - 1678)
A Still Life
Sanguine, black chalk, heightened with white, on laid paper
177 x 360 mm
Still lifes like this are otherwise unknown in Jordaens' drawn oeuvre, but the present composition appears to relate to the artist's vibrant and celebrated painting, The King Drinks, known from...
Still lifes like this are otherwise unknown in Jordaens' drawn oeuvre, but the present composition appears to relate to the artist's vibrant and celebrated painting, The King Drinks, known from a number of variants and modelli.
The specific arrangement of motifs seen here seems closest to the painting of circa 1645, formerly in the Devonshire Collection at Chatsworth and now in the Jerusalem Museum (inv. B03.0012) (see illustration). Despite the uncharacteristic subject matter, the handling of chalk in this large drawing is consistent with other studies by Jordaens from the same period of his career.
Provenance
André de Hévésy, Paris;
Prince Leopold de Croy-Solré, Brussels.
