Jacob Jordaens
(1593 - Antwerp - 1678)
Study of a Male Head
Oil on paper laid down on panel, 37 x 29 cm
Provenance:
P & N. de Boer Foundation, Amsterdam, inv. no. B 36
Exhibited:
Jacob Jordaens 1593-1678, Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, November 1968 - January 1969, no 56;
De kunst van het verzamelen. Keuze uit twee Nederlandse collecties, June - Sepember 1966, no. 106.
This male head is a study for the painting Jesus with Martha and Mary in the Musée des Beaux-Arts Tournai. Jordaens painted the painting for the abbey of Saint Martin in Antwerp. A second version of the Tournai painting is in Lille.