Lot Essay
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A horse-drawn cart with travellers in a village, peasants drinking by a tree, a church beyond (recto); Study of two figures on a cart (verso)
Details
Barent Gael (c. 1635-1698)
A horse-drawn cart with travellers in a village, peasants drinking by a tree, a church beyond (recto); Study of two figures on a cart (verso)
black chalk, grey wash on blue paper, brown ink framing lines (recto); black chalk (verso), framed
180 x 263 mm.
A horse-drawn cart with travellers in a village, peasants drinking by a tree, a church beyond (recto); Study of two figures on a cart (verso)
black chalk, grey wash on blue paper, brown ink framing lines (recto); black chalk (verso), framed
180 x 263 mm.
Provenance
W. Pitcairn Knowles (L. 2643).
P. de Boer, to his second wife.
M. de Boer, Hergiswil.
P. de Boer, to his second wife.
M. de Boer, Hergiswil.
Sale room notice
As Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck has kindly pointed out, the composition of this drawing is closely related to that of the signed picture dated 1646 by Isack Jansz. van Ostade (1621-1649) from the Rothschild Collection, sold 8 July 1999, Christie's, London, lot 223. Barent Gael, who was born in Haarlem and died in Amsterdam, may well have copied Ostade's picture.