Gotthardt de Wedig

With Galerie de Bayser, Paris (as Cornelis de Witte),

where acquired by a private collector, Paris, in 1978

De Wedig was the grandson of the renowned Cologne portrait painter Barthel Bruyn the Younger (c. 1530-1607/10), who probably taught him to paint.

A specialist in still-life as well as portraiture, De Wedig's paintings are generally identified by a monogram similar to the one with which the present drawing is signed. Drawings by the artist are virtually unknown, but an unsigned drawing representing The Christ Child Adored by Angels is held under his name in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Inv. 2000.241).