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Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)

Apollo and Pan in a musical Contest in front of King Midas and King Tmolus

dated '1650' (partly erased), with inscriptions 'A. Bloemaert' (recto) and ' ... a feur' (verso); black lead, brown wash heightened with white, black ink framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily
220 x 320 mm.

Lot Essay

Professor Bolten, who has kindly confirmed the attribution and will include this drawing in his catalogue raisonné, has pointed out that it has been retouched by another hand in some of the outlines and in the white heightening to correct the hand of the artist, who was 85 years of age when he made this

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