Antonio Martínez Ripoll considered this work a depiction of the Evangelist Matthew, comparing it with the 1589 apostle series by Hendrik Goltzius (1558-1617) primarily on the basis of its gestural nature. It does bear visible similarities to some of those apostles, which were also depicted in half figure and gestured similarly. However, given that both artists were obviously concerned with illustrating a variety of poses for the hands and heads, such similarities are entirely understandable.

Jens Hoffmann-Samland

Details about this work

• Label

  Beschriftung fremd: Auf dem Verso in der Mitte nummeriert: "57" (Bleistift)

• Provenance

  [José Atanasio Echeverría]; Julian Benjamin Williams, Seville (d. 1866); John Wetherell (?) (d. 1865); Horatio/Nathan Wetherell (?) (until 1874); Frederick William Cosens, London (from 1874 to 1890); Sotheby's, London, auction of the property of Frederick William Cosens (from November 11 to 21, 1890); Bernard Quaritch Ltd., London (from November 1890 to July 1891); acquired by the Hamburger Kunsthalle (July 14, 1891).

• Bibliography

  Tre siglos de dibujo sevillano, Alfonso Emilio Pérez Sánchez; Hospital de los Venerables, 1995, S. 126, Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 41

  The Spanish Gesture. Drawings from Murillo to Goya in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, Jens Hoffmann-Samland, with contributions by María Cruz de Carlos Varona, Gabriele Finaldi, José Manuel Matilla u. a., 2014, S. 42-43, Abb., 213, Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 74

  Spanische Zeichnungen von El Greco bis Goya, Wolf Stubbe; Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1966, S. 139-a-k, Abb. S. fig. 14, Abb.-Nr.

  Spanish Baroque Drawings in the Sperling Bequest., Jonathan Brown, 1973, S. 377(fig. 34 for one of the works from this series at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; as Herrera the Younger), Abb.-Nr.

  Francisco de Herrera el Viejo, Martínez Ripoll, 1978, Abb. S. fig. 5, Abb.-Nr.

  El dibujo español de los Siglos de Oro, Pérez Sánchez; Ministerio de Cultura, Dirección General del Patrimonio Artístico, Archivos y Museos, 1980, S. 74 and 19 - 21, Abb. S. ill. XXXV (Herrera the Elder and school), Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 134

  A Corpus of Spanish Drawings, vol. III Seville School 1600 to 1650, Angulo Íñiguez and Pérez Sánchez; Herausgeber: Harvey Miller Publisher, 1985, S. 19-21, Abb. S. pls. IV-VI, Abb.-Nr. , Kat.-Nr. 12

  Sobre Herrera el Viejo, Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez und Benito Navarrete Prieto; Herausgeber: Archivo Español de Arte 276, S. 365-87, esp. 375, Abb. S. fig. 19, Abb.-Nr.

  De Herrera a Velázquez. El primer naturalismo en Sevilla, Alfonso E. Pérez Sánchez und Benito Navarrete Prieto; Fundación Focus-Abengoa, Bilbao, Museo de Bellas Artes, 2005, S. 140, 144, nos 7-10, Abb.-Nr.

  Recently Acquired Spanish Baroque Drawings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Carmen Bambach, 1999, S. 409, Abb. S. fig. 2, Abb.-Nr.