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Gillis Neyts

Two peasants by the sea

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March 23, 04:22 PM GMT

Estimate

2,000 - 3,000 USD

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Gillis Neyts

Ghent 1623 - 1687 Antwerp

Two peasants by the sea


Pen and brown ink within brown ink framing lines

82 by 117 mm; 3 ¼ by 4 ⅝ in

Sale, London, Sotheby's, 6 July 1992, lot 74 (as Attributed to Gillis Neyts)
P. Gustot, Gillis Neyts. Un paysagiste Brabançon en vallée Mosane au XVIIe siècle, Namur 2008, p. 249, cat. no. D307
As Pierre Gustot points out (loc. cit.), the precise pen technique and scale of the figures is similar to the artist's style in his etchings.