Flemish School, 17th Century

A willow tree

Details

Flemish School, 17th Century
A willow tree
pen and brown ink, brown wash, brown ink framing lines
13½ x 8 1/8 in. (34.2 x 20.6 cm.)

Provenance

Prince Wladimir Nikolaevich Argoutinsky-Dolgoroukoff (1874-1941) (L. 2602d); from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 15 November 1928 for 50 guilders (Inventory book: '571. t. A. Bloemaert boomstam').

Exhibited

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Dessins hollandais de Jérôme Bosch à Rembrandt, 1937-38, no. 29, pl. XIX (as Bloemaert; catalogue by F. Schmidt-Degener).
Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Paris, Fondation Custodia, and Brussels, Bibliothèque Albert 1er, Le Cabinet d'un Amateur: Dessins flamands et hollandais des XVIe et XVIIe siècles d'une collection privée d'Amsterdam, 1976-77, no. 20, pl. 30 (as Bloemaert; catalogue by J. Giltaij).

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Lot Essay

The present drawing was traditionally regarded as a work by Abraham Bloemaert (1564/66-1651), and indeed there are some similarities with two signed studies of trees by Bloemaert in Bremen and Copenhagen (respectively J. Bolten, Abraham Bloemaert: The Drawings, Amsterdam, 2007, nos. 1387 and 1388). However, certain stylistic qualities of the drawing, such as the foamy representation of the moss on the tree-trunk, are foreign to Bloemaert's work.

We are grateful to Jaap Bolten for his assistance in preparing this catalogue note.

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