Jan Lievens, Admiral Maerten Harpertsz. Tromp, New York, Art Market

Master Drawings in the New York Times

One of the highlights of The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) Maastricht, opening today, will be this seventeenth-century portrait of Admiral Maerten Harpertsz. Tromp by Dutch master Jan Lievens. Why is this drawing so significant?

Gregory Rubinstein, Senior Director and Head of Old Master & Early British Drawings at Sotheby’s Worldwide, recounts in MASTER DRAWINGS (Vol 60, Issue 1), how this long-lost portrait re-emerged and its significance to both the artist and the admiral he portrayed. Read the full story when you subscribe at https://masterdrawings.org/subscribe/ .  Free digital access is also included with your subscription!

For more about this discovery, you can also read the recent feature in the New York Times:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/15/arts/jan-lievens-dutch-master.html

(Image: Jan Lievens, Admiral Maerten Harpertsz. Tromp, New York, Art Market)