Lot Essay
Part of a large group of drawings of similar subjects, some of which are dated between 1654 and 1658 (H.-U. Beck, op. cit., nos. 141-157).
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An extensive landscape with peasants watching a bird trap in the background
Details
Pieter Molyn (London 1595-1661 Haarlem)
An extensive landscape with peasants watching a bird trap in the background
signed 'PMolyn.'
black chalk, grey wash, black chalk framing lines
5¾ x 7½ in. (145 x 190 mm.)
An extensive landscape with peasants watching a bird trap in the background
signed 'PMolyn.'
black chalk, grey wash, black chalk framing lines
5¾ x 7½ in. (145 x 190 mm.)
Provenance
Baron F. C. Th. van Isendoorn à Blois, Vaassen, 1879.
J. Werneck, with inscription 'Coll J. Weneck frankfurt . . .'
(verso); Amsterdam, 23 June 1885, lot 202 (30 fl. to Langerhuizen). Pieter Langerhuizen; Amsterdam, 29 April 1919, lot 560 (75 fl.).
Anonymous sale; Amsterdam, 24 January 1922, lot 381.
H.E. ten Cate, Almelo, 1955, no. 261.
With C.G. Boerner, 1964, no 71.
Anonymous sale; Kornfeld, Bern, 16 June 1965, lot 54.
With Bernard Houthakker, 1966, no. 32.
J. Werneck, with inscription 'Coll J. Weneck frankfurt . . .'
(verso); Amsterdam, 23 June 1885, lot 202 (30 fl. to Langerhuizen). Pieter Langerhuizen; Amsterdam, 29 April 1919, lot 560 (75 fl.).
Anonymous sale; Amsterdam, 24 January 1922, lot 381.
H.E. ten Cate, Almelo, 1955, no. 261.
With C.G. Boerner, 1964, no 71.
Anonymous sale; Kornfeld, Bern, 16 June 1965, lot 54.
With Bernard Houthakker, 1966, no. 32.
Literature
H.-U. Beck, Pieter Molyn, Katalog der Handzeichnungen, Doornspijk, 1998, no. 152.