A drawing by David Vinckboons acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art

12/12/25 - Acquisition - New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art - It was one of the very fine sheets admired at the most recent Salon du Dessin, the tondo by David Vinckboons, presented by Onno van Seggelen Fine Art, has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (ill. 1 and 2). It joins the handsome group of the artist’s graphic works already preserved there, consisting of a few drawings and hundreds of prints. As stated in the gallery’s catalogue entry, recently discovered in a private collection, this drawing had always remained in private hands, passing down through the family. The recto bears extensive annotations, only partly legible, concerning the author, the patron and the subject, as well as a sketch in black chalk of a roof relating to the upper part of the recto…