Lot Essay
The inscription refers to a Spanish horseman assaulting a woman at Sint Truiden near Louvain, who in turn fleds on his horse.
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A Spanish Horseman being robbed of his Horse by a Woman
Details
Jan Luyken (1649-1712)
A Spanish Horseman being robbed of his Horse by a Woman
inscribed and dated 'Een Spansch Ruyter blundert by St. Truyen een Vrouws Person, die op Zijn paard springt, en in haar hemdt weg vlugt Ao 1684-' (verso)
pen and brown and brown-grey ink, brown-grey wash, brown ink framing lines
107 x 151 mm.
A Spanish Horseman being robbed of his Horse by a Woman
inscribed and dated 'Een Spansch Ruyter blundert by St. Truyen een Vrouws Person, die op Zijn paard springt, en in haar hemdt weg vlugt Ao 1684-' (verso)
pen and brown and brown-grey ink, brown-grey wash, brown ink framing lines
107 x 151 mm.
Provenance
An unidentified collector's mark.