A young man kneeling in profile to the left

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Follower of Jacob Adriaensz. Backer
A young man kneeling in profile to the left
black and white chalk on blue paper, the corners cut
253 x 203 mm.; together with a drawing of peasants, formerly attributed to Dirk Dalens, and a watercolour of an extensive Dutch river landscape attributed to Anthonie Erkelens (3)

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Lot Essay

After a drawing by Backer now in the Lugt Collection at the Institut Néerlandais, Paris, W. Sumowski, Drawings of the Rembrandt School, New York, 1979, I, no. 51x. A counterproof of the drawing is in the Museu Nacional, Lisbon.

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