Lot Essay
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck has, on the basis of a photograph, kindly confirmed the attribution and will include the drawing in his forthcoming second supplement. This drawing is comparable to others dated 1627 (Beck, op.cit., 1972, nos. 63 and 73-88), especially that with a similar scene in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (Beck, op.cit., 1987, no. 66, illustrated).