Standing Figure with a Turban, Seen from the Front, Pieter Lastman, 1603
pen and brown ink, with brown and blue wash, over traces of black chalk; framing lines in the artist's hand with pen and brown ink, h 271mm × w 173mm Catalogue entry
Lastman drew this sympathetic young man wearing a turban and a graceful tunic in two different poses at the beginning of his career. The influence of the Mannerist style of his teacher Gerrit Pietersz can still be discerned: notice the elongated, elegant fingers and pointed toes. The inscription ‘P. Lastman’ on both sheets was added by their later owner Gerard ter Borch the Elder, with whom Lastman became acquainted in Rome.
