Lot Essay
Based on Philip Wouwerman's picture in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv.no. 1908, no. 843)
Details
Jan de Visscher (1633-after 1692)
A military Encampment with Soldiers drinking and dancing
black chalk, brown wash heightened with white, on light brown paper, brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, watermark horn in a crowned shield above letters WR
285 x 391 mm.
A military Encampment with Soldiers drinking and dancing
black chalk, brown wash heightened with white, on light brown paper, brown ink framing lines, incised for transfer, watermark horn in a crowned shield above letters WR
285 x 391 mm.
Provenance
Two unidentified mounts bearing nos. '300' and '140', both inscribed '2 Stuks-No 18'
P.T.A. Swillens, Utrecht
Acquired from the above's widow, 1961
P.T.A. Swillens, Utrecht
Acquired from the above's widow, 1961
Engraved
by the artist, in reverse (Wessely 44)