Sale 7409
London
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3 July 2007
Price realised
GBP 9,600
Estimate
Pieter Molyn (London 1595-1661 Haarlem) Two peasants reclining on a bank by a road, three travellers and two carts seen beyond signed and dated 'Molyn. 1654.' black chalk, grey wash, pen and grey ink framing lines 5¾ x 7 5/8 in. (146 x 193 mm.)
Provenance
Jhr. Goll van Franckenstein, Amsterdam (L. 2987), his number 'N993.' (verso). F.C.T. Baron van Issendoorn à Blois, Vaassen, 1879 (L. 1407). Anonymous sale; Amsterdam, 22 June 1910, lot 259 (105fl to Meder). Oscar von zur Mühlen; Berlin, Amsler & Ruthardt, 5 June 1912, lot 337. Anonymous sale; Cologne, 20 November 1975, lot 124 (6,100DM). with C.G. Boerner, Düsseldorf, 1975.
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Literature
H.-U. Beck, Pieter Molyn 1595-1661, Katalog der Handzeichnungen, Ghent, 1998, p. 135, no. 257.
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