Attributed to Cornelis van Poelenburch Utrecht (?) 1594/5 - 1667 Utrecht

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Description

Cornelis van Poelenburch
a well
bears inscription in the hand of Charles Gasc, verso: Barthelemy Breenberg. né a Utrecht en 1621/mort en 1660 - h=0",251 l=0",28/f/10 C. Gasc
pen and brown ink and wash over black chalk

Provenance

Amédée-Paul-Emile Gasc, Paris (L.1131);
Charles Gasc (L.543);
Saam and Lily Nijstad, The Hague (Inv.nr. N208)

Literature

Kleur en Raffinement, Tekeningen uit de Unicorno Collectie, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam, Museum Het Rembrandthuis and Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum, 1994-5, p. 19 (as Breenbergh).

Catalogue Note

Though formerly attributed to Breenbergh, this drawing seems in fact closer in style to Cornelis van Poelenburch (see Alan Chong, 'The Drawings of Cornelis van Poelenburch,' in Master Drawings, XXV no. 1, Spring 1987, pp. 3-62, plates 1-32).