Studies of groups of figures and putti, mostly for religious compositions

Details

Pieter Jansz. (1602-1672)
Studies of groups of figures and putti, mostly for religious compositions
pen and brown ink (grey wash lower left), the lower left corner made up
224 x 345 mm.

Provenance

An unidentified mark G.W. (L. 1226).
C.R. Rudolf, his extensive inscription on the mount.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, 8 July 1975, lot 98, as Bouckhorst (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-46).

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Lot Essay

A comparable drawing by this rare Amsterdam artist was published by Marijn Schapelhouman, 'Tekeningen van Pieter Jansz., Konstig Glasschrijver', in Bulletin van het Rijksmuseum, 33, The Hague, 1985, pp.71-92.

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