Lot Essay
A drawing of a similar size and also incorporating a large number of figures is in the Louvre, Paris, F. Lugt, Inventaire général des dessins des écoles du Nord, Ecole Hollandaise, Paris, 1929, I, no. 348.
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A beggar playing the bagpipes for villagers before the ruins of an inn
Details
Gerrit Adriaensz. de Heer (active 1634-1652)
A beggar playing the bagpipes for villagers before the ruins of an inn
signed 'g. de heer' and inscribed 'het wit swaen'
pen and brown ink on vellum
458 x 382 mm.
A beggar playing the bagpipes for villagers before the ruins of an inn
signed 'g. de heer' and inscribed 'het wit swaen'
pen and brown ink on vellum
458 x 382 mm.
Provenance
Ronald Searle, his stamp (not in Lugt).
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