Lot Essay
Comparable in subject and handling to a drawing traditionally attributed to Jan van de Capelle from the Hans van Leeuwen Collection, sold in these Rooms, 24 November 1992, lot 45, and to that sold here on 15 November 1993, lot 183. Further information on the artist was published by J. van Tatenhove, Een gemerkte tekening van Anthonij Erkelens, Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, 1985, 4, pp. 235-8