Pierre DUMONSTIER I (1540-1625) - Portrait of a Bourgeoise

Pierre DUMONSTIER I (Paris, circa 1540-1625)
Portrait of a Bourgeoise
Black chalk and red chalk - 35 x 24.5 cm

A drawing with a legendary provenance, traceable back to the 18th century.

Provenance:
- Collection of Count Charles Cobenzl (1712-1770) (his stamp L. 2858b on the mount)
- Collection of Empress Catherine II of Russia (1729-1796)
- Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg (stamp L. 206)
- Handzeichnungen Alter Meister sale, Leipzig, C.G. Boerner, April 29, 1931, lot no. 62 (illustrated)
- Collection of Robert T. Paine II (1861-1943), acquired from the previous sale;
- Collection of Richard C. Paine (1893-1966), by descent;
- Collection of John D. Constable (1927-2016), by descent

Bibliography:
Catalogue of the 1939 exhibition Art in New England: Paintings, Drawings, Prints from Private Collections in New England at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, no. 162 (illustrated)