Dutch School, circa 1700

A Plover

Details

Dutch School, circa 1700
A Plover
black chalk, pen and brown and grey ink, watercolour heightened with white, brown ink framing lines, framed
241 x 211 mm.

Provenance

J. le Francq van Berkhey (1729-1812), his inscription on part of the old mount: 'Pluvalis aurea Regenvogel Plevier charadnus. Pluralis Linn. no 7 Le Pluvier d'orée'; Dankmeijer, Amsterdam, 29 March 1785, lot 1098, 'Een Maesterlyke tekening van de Pleuvier'.
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 18 November 1985, lot 139, illustrated (Nlg. 4,830).

Lot Essay

In the 1985 sale catalogue this was attributed to Herman Saftleven, and Dr. Schulz was stated to be including it as Saftleven's work in his forthcoming supplement on the artist's drawings as no. 1454. Yet the attribution to Saftleven remains uncertain.

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