Lot Essay
This may be compared to a drawing, similar in size and technique with the same watermark from the Van Leeuwen Collection, offered in these Rooms, 24 November 1992, lot 148.
Other comparable drawings are in the Prentenkabinet, Leiden (W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1980, V, no. 444) and in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (G. Jansen, G. Luyten, Italianisanten en Bamboccianten, Rotterdam, 1988, pp. 100-1, no. 60). Another was sold at Christie's, London, 24 June 1980, lot 43
Other comparable drawings are in the Prentenkabinet, Leiden (W. Bernt, Die Niederländischen Maler und Zeichner des 17. Jahrhunderts, Munich, 1980, V, no. 444) and in the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam (G. Jansen, G. Luyten, Italianisanten en Bamboccianten, Rotterdam, 1988, pp. 100-1, no. 60). Another was sold at Christie's, London, 24 June 1980, lot 43