1623-24
Black chalk and brush and gray ink, 314 x 245 mm
Private collection
Only a very few drawings can be attributed to Delff; they were created as an intermediary stage between a painting and a print - as translation of the painting into graphic terms. The highly finished oval portrait of Frederick Hendrick, made after Van Miereveld's painting of 1623 is a good example. This drawing was executed in preparation for an engraving.