JAN HULSWIT | Peasants by a stream in a landscape, a farm and mill beyond

Sale, Amsterdam, Mak van Waay, 10 March 1964, lot 324;
sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 14 November 1994, lot 207,
where acquired by the present owners

G.H. Marius, Dutch Painters of the 19th Century, re-edition of 1903, Woodbridge 1973, p. 48, reproduced p. 54;
A.J. Elen, 'Met Eenigen Verandering naar't Leeven', compositionele herhaling met variaties in het tekenkunstig oeuvre van Jan Hulswit (1766-1822), Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 4, Leiden 1987, p. 263, note 9

Hinge mounted in two places along the upper edge to a modern mount. There is a small nick to the left half of the upper edge of the sheet. The work remains in otherwise good condition throughout, with the combination of brown ink and gray wash strong and vibrant throughout. Sold unframed.
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As previously pointed out by Albert Elen, this work is part of a group of drawings of similar subject, size and technique, including two in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, one in the Amsterdam Museum, and one in a Dutch private collection.