Jan Bulthuis (1750-1801)

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Jan Bulthuis (1750-1801)

Portrait of the Astronomer Ludeman seated on a Terrace of a Garden, Apollo and the Gods in the Clouds above

signed 'J:Bulthuis inv:et del:'; pencil, pen and black ink, brown wash, black ink framing lines
180 x 142 mm.; and a portrait of a gentleman dated 1783 by Benjamin Samuel Bolomey, 194 x 151 mm. (2)

Provenance

(1) Anon.sale, P. Brandt, Amsterdam, June 1968, lot 574
(2) Anon.sale, P. Brandt, Amsterdam

Engraved

Anon.

Lot Essay

(1) A note on the mount identifies the sitter as the Amsterdam astronomer Johan Christophorus Ludeman (1685-1757)

See illustration on p.

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