Attributed to Thomas Wijck Beverwijk circa 1616 - 1677 Haarlem

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Description

Thomas Wijck
a kitchen interior with an old woman reading
bears Ploos van Amstel's inscriptions in brown ink, verso: Thomas Wyk f / h.101/2d / b: 91/2 d
brush and brown wash over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines

Provenance

Cornelis Ploos van Amstel, Amsterdam (with his inscriptions, verso, L.3002, 3004, see above);
William Pitcairn Knowles, Rotterdam/ Wiesbaden (L.2643)

Catalogue Note

Although the handling of the figure is rather unusual for the artist, the technique and approach to the composition would otherwise appear to support Ploos van Amstel's attribution of this drawing to Thomas Wijck.