A horse fair in the Campo Vaccino, Rome

Details

Hendrik Verschuring (Gorkum 1627-1690 Dordrecht)
A horse fair in the Campo Vaccino, Rome
signed 'H.V.S. f.'
black chalk, pen and brown ink, grey wash, pen and brown ink framing lines
12 x 15½ in. (336 x 394 mm.)

Provenance

Lord Overstone, and by descent.

Literature

Redford, no. 166 (as Willem Verschuring).
Russell, no. 124.

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Lot Essay

Verschuring was in Italy from 1646 to 1654. Following his return to the Netherlands he specialized in military and equestrian subjects, but the Italian influence remained, as shown by a drawing of A horse fair in the Roman Forum in the Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig (inv. no. I.444), closely comparable to the present drawing and of similar size and technique, which is dated 1664. Another drawing of the Campo Vaccino, undated, is in the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle (C. White and C. Crawley, The Dutch and Flemish Drawings ... at Windsor Castle, Cambridge, 1994, no. 488).

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