Gillis Neyts (Ghent 1623-1687)

View of Dendermonde seen across the River Schelde, a cavalry skirmish in the foreground

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Gillis Neyts (Ghent 1623-1687)
View of Dendermonde seen across the River Schelde, a cavalry skirmish in the foreground
signed and dated 'g. nyts.f 1663', inscribed 'Dermonde' and with inscription '8'
black chalk, pen and grey and brown ink, pen and brown ink framing lines, on vellum
3¾ x 5½ in. (95 x 140 mm.)

Provenance

H. van Blokhuizen (according to an inscription 'Blokhuisen', verso); Amsterdam, 26-30 October 1835.
H.E. Ten Cate; Sotheby's, London, 25 February 1959, lot 21.
J. Theodor Cremer; Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 17 November 1980, lot 95.

Lot Essay

A view of Brussels from the North East, of similar scale and technique to the present drawing and similarly inscribed with the location outside the framing lines, is in the Louvre (F. Lugt, Inventaire général des dessins des Écoles du Nord, École Flamande, Paris, 1949, II, no. 955). Two views from the same series, of Dordrecht and Kattenburg, were sold at Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1970, lots 3 and 4.

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