Leonaert Bramer (1596-1674)

A Group of drinking and smoking Cripples

Details

Leonaert Bramer (1596-1674)
A Group of drinking and smoking Cripples
inscribed 'krepel willen altijt voor dansen' and with inscription 'Henry Zorg'
black wash
208 x 239 mm.

Provenance

An unidentified collector's mark (L. 183b, possibly A. Tardieu).

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Lot Essay

The first inscription may be translated as 'fools rush in where angels fear to tread', the inscription 'Henry Zorg' would seem to be an old attribution to Hendrick Sorgh (c. 1610-1670). Pieter Koops of the Gemeentelijke Archiefdienst, Delft kindly suggests that this drawing may be dated to the 1630-40s.

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