Lot Essay
Comparable to a drawing signed and dated 1680 by Blyhooft in the Kunsthalle, Hamburg, W. Bernt, Die Niederlandischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1979, I, no. 82.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Zacharias Blyhooft (c.1635-c.1681)
Villagers rescuing travellers drowning in a frozen river
Details
Zacharias Blyhooft (c.1635-c.1681)
Villagers rescuing travellers drowning in a frozen river
numbered 'No 3' (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on paper washed light brown, pen and brown ink framing lines
4 x 7¾ in. (101 x 195 mm.)
Villagers rescuing travellers drowning in a frozen river
numbered 'N
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown and grey wash on paper washed light brown, pen and brown ink framing lines
4 x 7¾ in. (101 x 195 mm.)
Provenance
Dr. Paul Graf Thun-Hohenstein, Vienna, 1938.
Literature
C. von Prybram-Gladona, Unbekannte Zeichnungen alter Meister aus europäischem Privatbesitz, Munich, 1969, no. 131, illustrated (as Dutch School, 17th Century).