Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794)
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Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794)

A windmill with horses and a cart by a pond, in the foreground

Details
Samuel Hieronymous Grimm (1733-1794)
A windmill with horses and a cart by a pond, in the foreground
inscribed 'F. BECK/UNDERTAK'(on a sign above a cottage)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, on three joined sheets, within the artist's wash-line border, oval
8 x 10¼ in. (20.4 x 26.1 cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1996, lot 36 (£1,980).
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Lot Essay

The present work was probably intended as a design for an engraved subject and this may account for the unusual use of overlays which Grimm made when he made changes to the composition instead of starting a fresh drawing.

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