Lot Essay
Comparable to bodycolours by Josephus Augustus Knip illustrated in F. Kuyvenhoven and R. Peeters, Die Familie Knip, Drie generaties kunstenaars uit Noord-Brabant, Zwolle, 1988, nos. 60-3, 72. Further drawings by Josephus Augustus were sold at Christie's New York, 30 January 1998, lot 401, and two bodycolours by Matheus Derk Knip, Josephus Augustus's younger brother, were also sold at Christie's New York, 30 January 1998, lot 400 and 28 January 1999, lot 109.