Lot Essay
Further drawings by Matthas Merian I were published by Lucas Wüthrich (L.H. Wüthrich, Die Handzeichnungen von Matthaeus Merrian d. Ä, Basle, 1963).
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An extensive mountain landscape seen through trees, with peasants and their flocks and travellers on a road beyond
Details
Matthäus Merian I (Basel 1593-1650 Bad Swalbach)
An extensive mountain landscape seen through trees, with peasants and their flocks and travellers on a road beyond
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys (qv. Churchill 368), lightly squared in black chalk, black ink framing lines
230 x 325 mm.
An extensive mountain landscape seen through trees, with peasants and their flocks and travellers on a road beyond
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, heightened with white, on blue paper, watermark encircled fleur-de-lys (qv. Churchill 368), lightly squared in black chalk, black ink framing lines
230 x 325 mm.
Provenance
Dr. Einar Perman, Stockholm.
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, where purchased on 24 December 1964.
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, where purchased on 24 December 1964.
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