Lot Essay
George Keyes has seen the drawing and confirmed the attribution, dating it to the artist's late period.
A Landscape with Peasants on a Bridge and Cattle crossing a River in a Ferry, a town in the distance
Details
Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630)
A Landscape with Peasants on a Bridge and Cattle crossing a River in a Ferry, a town in the distance
signed 'E VAN DE VELDE F' (partly erased)
black chalk, brown wash, the left and upper right corners cut, losses
202 x 322 mm.
A Landscape with Peasants on a Bridge and Cattle crossing a River in a Ferry, a town in the distance
signed 'E VAN DE VELDE F' (partly erased)
black chalk, brown wash, the left and upper right corners cut, losses
202 x 322 mm.
Provenance
W. Esdaile (L. 2617); Christie's, 22 June 1840, lot 659 (4gns. to Sheath).