Lot Essay
This lot was one of the most expensive among the Northern drawings of Mariette's sale, out stripping the prices of even the Rubens drawings.
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Property of the Estate of Frances Leventritt
Johann Heinrich Roos (Frankfurt 1631-1685)
A group of goats resting in a landscape, a castle in the distance
Details
Johann Heinrich Roos (Frankfurt 1631-1685)
A group of goats resting in a landscape, a castle in the distance
signed 'J Roos fecit' and with inscription 'H: Roos.'
pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash
12¼ x 8 7/8 in. (311 x 222 mm.)
A group of goats resting in a landscape, a castle in the distance
signed 'J Roos fecit' and with inscription 'H: Roos.'
pen and brown ink, brown and blue wash
12¼ x 8 7/8 in. (311 x 222 mm.)
Provenance
P.-J. Mariette (L. 2097); Paris, 15 November 1775-30 January 1776, part of lot 983 (379 livres 19 sous to François as 'Deux sujets d'animaux en hauteur, mêlés de figures & ruines, faits à la plume & à l'encre de la chine; dans l'un on voit un Paysan buvant d'une fontaine de pierre').