Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)

细节

Abraham Bloemaert (1564-1651)

A seated Monk reading, a hermit and another figure beyond

with inscription 'O/H' (verso); black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash heightened with white (partly oxidised), watermark crowned fleur-de-lys
128 x 88 mm.

来源

Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 17 November 1973, lot 322, illustrated (550 gns.)

拍品专文

Professor Jaap Bolten kindly confirmed the attribution, pointing out that this is from a group of drawings of hermits and anchorites for an unexecuted series of prints. He will include this and the following two lots in his catalogue raisonné on the artist's drawings.