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Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)

A Farm (recto); A Bird's Eye View of Part of a Town with a fortified Bridge (verso)

with illegible topographical inscriptions (verso); black lead, pen and brown ink, brown, green and red wash heightened with white (recto), black lead (verso)
149 x 187 mm.
Provenance
An anonymous collector's number 'No.663.' (verso)
J. Goldsche (L.1310a), partly erased

Lot Essay

Professor Jaap Bolten suggests this is a very early work, probably from before 1590. The view of the town on the verso may be by the artist's father Cornelis Bloemaert, copied from topographical engravings.
A drawing of comparable subject, technique and size from the Van Leeuwen Collection was sold in these Rooms, 24 November 1992, lot 19, illustrated

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