Circle of Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)

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Circle of Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)

Saint Willibrordus, Bishop of Utrecht, holding a Model of the Mariakerk, Utrecht

black and red chalk, brown wash, black chalk framing lines
248 x 153 mm.; and a drawing of a farmhouse with peasants after Bloemaert, 197 x 315 mm. (2)

Provenance

(1) Anon. sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, April (?) 1983, lot 7
(2) Anon. sale, Mak, Dordrecht, 12 Dec. 1989, lot 325

Lot Essay

(1) Professor Bolten believes this to be based on one of Bloemaert's drawings by Bishops and Archbishops. Sold with a comparable engraving by Cornelis Bloemaert after Abraham Bloemaert

See illustrations on p.

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