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Leonaert Bramer (Delft 1596-1674)
A group of flying angels pouring liquid from vessels
point of the brush and black ink, grey wash on blue-grey paper
1458 x 1134 in. (37.1 x 29.9 cm.)
inscribed '71' (upper centre)
Provenance
with Matthiesen, London (according to a label on the back of the frame).
Sir John Clermont Witt (1907-1982) and Lady Margaret Witt, London (L. 646a., on the mount); Sotheby's, London, 19 February 1987, lot 289.
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Bramer worked in a wide variety of techniques, producing works ranging from small scale drawings to paintings on slate, copper and panel to, unusually in Holland, frescoes. He received a number of important commissions, among which were the decorations for stadtholder Frederik Hendrik's palaces Ter Nieuburgh and Honselaersdijk. While the present drawing is apparently not connected to any extant painting, the arched shape and composition of the sheet suggest that it was made in connection to a decorative scheme.

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