Lot Essay
The drawing is traced on the verso in black chalk
Details
Gerard van Houten (active late 17th Century and early 18th Century)
A Design for a Frontispiece: an Allegory of Peace
signed and dated 'G. van Houten Fecit. 1682'; red chalk, grey wash, the outlines incised, brown ink framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily
450 x 301 mm.
A Design for a Frontispiece: an Allegory of Peace
signed and dated 'G. van Houten Fecit. 1682'; red chalk, grey wash, the outlines incised, brown ink framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily
450 x 301 mm.