Abraham de Verwer (before 1600-1650)

Details

Abraham de Verwer (before 1600-1650)

Shipping on a calm Sea, a Town beyond

signed 'verwer' (partly cropped); brown and grey wash, brown ink framing lines
151 x 317 mm.

Provenance

A. Chariot
T. Christ; Sotheby's, London, 9 April 1981, lot 47, illustrated in colour

Literature

M.D. Henkel, Le dessin hollandais des origines au XVIIe siècle, Paris, 1931, p.199, pl.XLVII
A. Chudzikowski, in Rocznik Muzeum Narodowego U Warszawie, Warsaw, 1957, 2, p.673, fig.10

Lot Essay

Two studies of comparable technique and dimensions signed in the same way are in the Fondation Custodia, Institut Néerlandais, Paris (C. van Hasselt and M. van Berge-Gerbaud, Eloge de la Navigation Hollandaise au XVIIe Siècle, Paris, 1989, nos.73-4, pls. 32-3)

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