Pieter Bzn. Barbiers (1772-1837)

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Pieter Bzn. Barbiers (1772-1837)

The Parting of the Clergyman Hambroek on Formosa

black and grey wash, grey ink framing lines
247 x 339 mm.; a drawing of a woman playing a street-organ, formerly attributed to the same hand, 215 x 163 mm., and a lithograph dated 1827 of the same subject (3)

Provenance

(1) J. Knoef, Amsterdam
(1) Anon. sale, P. Brandt, Amsterdam
(2) with Becker, Haarlem, 1955

Literature

(1) J. Knoef, Een Eeuw Nederlandse Schilderkunst, Amsterdam, 1958, plate p. 40

Lot Essay

(1) for further information on the subject see the exhibition catalogue Het Vaderlandsch Gevoel, Vergeten negentiende-eeuwse schilderijen over onze Geschiedenis, Amsterdam, 1978, pp. 162-3, no. 50. A comparable drawing by the artist of a similar historical subject is in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam (op.cit., p. 93, no. 18a)

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