- Zwei Quellnymphen
auction 928, Lot 54
THE RUDOLF NEUMEISTER COLLECTION - HIGHLIGHTS
on 22 October 2019
Zwei Quellnymphen
Differenzbesteuerung
Two Water Nymphs
Dutch, circa 1620/30
Two female nudes with a jug, partially covered by billowing drapery, naturally modelled base with a tree trunk. Figures with elongated proportions. Ivory relief. Mounted on a wooden plinth with back plate. Cracks forming, especially on right figure. Height 19.5 cm. Expressive body modelling. The motif is probably based on a copper engraving published in 1616 by Jan Saeredam, after a lost sanguine drawing by Hendrik Golztius, reproduced in Theuerkauff, Christian, Elfenbein. Reiner Winkler Collection, Vol. II, no location given, 1994, p. 44, illustration 12a.
