This drawing is a characteristic example of the artist’s expressive penwork and compositional style, known from numerous signed drawings (for examples at the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam, see M. Schapelhouman and P. Schatborn, Dutch Drawings of the Seventeenth Century in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Artists born between 1580 and 1600, Amsterdam, 1998, I, nos. 32, 33, 38, II, ill.).
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Executed on laid paper and not laid down. There are some paper losses along the edges, mainly at lower left and there is some discolouration. The paper is in otherwise good condition. The media have sunk and bled and there is some occasional ink-gall damage, but the media are otherwise strong. Framed.
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Lot 43Sale 19596
Two figures in conversation JAN PHILIPSZ. VAN BOUCKHORST (HAARLEM c.1588-1631) Estimate: GBP 1,000 - 1,500
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