Circle of Jacques de Gheyn II (Haarlem 1596-1644) - A seated fox in profile to the right

Lot 336. with number '2187' (verso) - black chalk, pen and brown ink, partial pen and brown ink framing lines - 5 x 5 1/8 in. (124 x 127 mm.)
Estimate: £800-1,200

Provenance : 1849, lot 131 (as 'Two pieces with seated wolves with the pen') or 132 (as 'Two pieces with standing and seated wolves, with the pen').
Dr Alfred Scharf, and by descent.

Literature : I.Q. van Regteren Altena, Jacques de Gheyn, Three Generations, The Hague, 1983, II, p. 173, no. 62 (as Jacques de Gheyn III).

Christie's. Old Master & British Pictures and Old Master Drawings.  December 2007. 85 Old Brompton Road, London