LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Pen and brown ink and greenish-grey wash, heightened with white, within black chalk and ink framing lines

Measurements:

8.11 in. (20.60 cm.) (height) by 6.42 in. (16.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

dated, lower left: 1629, and bears attribution, lower right margin: Blomart

Literature:

J.A. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert, c.1565-1651, The Drawings, Leiden 2007, vol. I, p. 103, under no. 251, reproduced vol. II, p. 127, fig. 251a

Provenance:

Bears unidentified collector's mark, formerly thought to be that of Pierre Crozat (L.474);. bears inscription on mount: 'from the Collection of Count Clarus';. sale, Amsterdam, de Vries, 10 May 1927, lot 41;. sale, Frankfurt am Main, Prestel, 22 November 1927, lot 29;. Richard Holtkott (L.4266);. with Katrin Bellinger, Munich, 2001 (cat. 13).