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Joachim von Sandrart
Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688) Biblical episodes, 3 original drawings

circa 1660

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Joachim von Sandrart (1606-1688) Three Biblical episodes, 3 original drawings - The Ascent of Elijah - The Judgment of Solomon - Benjamin receiving presents Each one : 9.2 x 7.7 cm Pen and Black ink, black ink wash on paper In quite good condition, some foxings (please see photos) In 19th century mount with the name of the artist and the title of each episode (in french) Period frames (very damaged). The three frames have same dimensions : 24,5 x 26 cm or 9,64 x 10.23 inches The three drawings have to be compared to the Stories of Moses, drawing now in the Louvre Museum. They have the same floral framing and same technique and are overall very stylistically close. It can be advanced they were produced at the same time by the artist. Joachim von Sandrart was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1606, but his family originated from Mons/Bergen. According to his dictionary of art called the Teutsche Academie, he learned to read and write from the son of Theodor de Bry, Johann Theodoor de Brie and his associate Matthäus Merian, but at age 15, he was so eager to learn more of the art of engraving, that he walked from Frankfurt to Prague to become a pupil of Aegidius Sadeler of the Sadeler family. Sadeler in turn urged him to paint, whereupon he travelled to Utrecht in 1625 to become a pupil of Gerrit van Honthorst, and through him he met Rubens when he brought a visit to Honthorst in 1627, to recruit him for collaboration on part of his Marie de' Medici cycle. Honthorst took Sandrart along with him when he travelled to London. In 1627 Sandrart booked a passage on a ship from London to Venice, where he was welcomed by Jan Lis and Nicolao Renier. He then set out for Bologna, where he was met by his cousin on his father's side Michael le Blond, a celebrated engraver. With him, he crossed the mountains to Florence, and from there on to Rome, where they met Pieter van Laer. Sandrart became famous as a portrait-painter. After a few years he undertook a tour of Italy, traveling to Naples, where he drew studies of Mount Vesuvius, believed to be the entrance to the Elysian fields described by Virgil. From there he traveled to Malta and beyond, searching for literary sights to see and paint, and wherever he went he paid his way by selling portraits. Only when he was done traveling did he finally return to Frankfurt, where he married Johanna de Milkau. Afraid of political unrest and plague, he moved to Amsterdam with his wife in 1637. In Amsterdam he worked as a painter of genre works, and portraits. He won a very good following as a painter, winning a lucrative commission for a large commemorative piece for the state visit by Maria of Medici in 1638, which hangs in the Rijksmuseum. This piece cemented his reputation as a leading painter, and in 1645 Sandrart decided to cash in and go home when he received an inheritance in Stockau, outside Ingolstadt. Though he rebuilt the old homestead, it was burned by the French. He sold it and moved to Augsburg, where he painted for the family of Maximilian I, the Elector of Bavaria. When his wife died in 1672, Sandrart moved to Nuremberg, where he married Hester Barbara Bloemaart, the daughter of a magistrate there. This is where he started writing. A he is well known as an author of books on art, some of them in Latin, and especially for his historical work, the Teutsche Academie, published between 1675 and 1680. This work is an educational compilation of short biographies of artists, that was inspired by Karel van Mander's similar Schilder-boeck.
  • Creator:
    Joachim von Sandrart (1606 - 1688)
  • Creation Year:
    circa 1660
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 3.63 in (9.2 cm)Width: 3.04 in (7.7 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
    1640-1649
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Paris, FR
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: Inv 3231stDibs: LU111225293232
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