Dutch School, 17th Century

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Dutch School, 17th Century

A Bacchanalian Revel

black chalk, pen and brown and black ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, watermark armorial
237 x 245mm.

Exhibited

New York, William H. Schab Gallery, Los Angeles, County Museum and Indianapolis, Museum of Art, Woodner Collection II, Old Master Drawings from the XV to the XVIII Century, 1973-4, no. 84, illustrated (as Willem van Mieris)

Lot Essay

Copied from Nicolaes de Bruyn's etching The Golden Age after Bloemaert (Holl.IV, 129). Bloemaert's preparatory drawing for the print is at Frankfurt, M. Stuffman (ed.), Städels Sammlung im Städel, Zeichnungen, Frankfurt, 1991, no. 18, illustrated

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