Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)
Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)

An Italianate fortified Villa on an Outcrop

Details
Gillis Neyts (1623-1687)
An Italianate fortified Villa on an Outcrop
signed (?) 'Nijts naer Breugel' (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown ink framing lines
171 x 243 mm.
Provenance
With C.G. Boerner, 1868.
W. Koller (L. 1583), his date '1869' (verso).
R. Peltzer (L. 2231).

Lot Essay

The handling of the trees is comparable to drawings by Neyts sold at Christie's, London, 26 March 1974, lot 122 and at Christie's, South Kensington, 5 December 1997, lot 367. The inscription indicates that Neyts would have drawn this after a prototype by a member of the Brueghel family.

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