Attributed to Jan Asselijn (circa 1615-1652)

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Attributed to Jan Asselijn (circa 1615-1652)

The Ponte Molle, near Rome, with two Vessels

black lead, grey wash, some later spots of white heightening, black ink framing lines (partly cut), watermark crowned coat-of-arms with a bear
186 x 331 mm.

Provenance

Acquired in Vienna, 1956

Exhibited

Arnhem, 1958, no. 23 (as J. Both)
Utrecht, 1959/60, no. 13 (as J. Both)
Laren, 1963, no. 23 (as J. Both)
Utrecht, 1978, no. 75 (as attributed to F. de Moucheron)
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 90 (as attributed to F. de Moucheron)
Rome, Nederlands Instituut, Zicht op Rome 1620-1720, 1982, no. 18 (as F. de Moucheron)
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 68 (as F. de Moucheron)

Lot Essay

This may be compared to a drawing by Asselijn in the Historisch Museum, Amsterdam (Anne-Charlotte Steland, Die Zeichnungen des Jan Asselijn, Fridingen, 1989, no. 3, pl. 70) from the Ploos van Amstel Collection that may have served as a preliminary study for a picture on the English art market in 1985 (op.cit., pl. 71). Another picture by Jan Asselijn with the same viewpoint but with different staffage was sold at Sotheby's, London, 4 July 1990, lot 51.
There is a Jan Both etching of the bridge (Bartsch 5)

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