Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection

Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection

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Attributed to Andries Both

Three studies of peasant women

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Lot Closed

March 24, 03:17 PM GMT

Estimate

1,500 - 2,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Attributed to Andries Both

Utrecht circa 1612/13 - 1642 Venice

Three studies of peasant women


Pen and brown ink and grey wash over black chalk, irregular shaped top;

bears old attribution in pen and brown ink, lower centre: Calot

202 by 314 mm

Sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 12 November 1996, lot 226 (as Dutch School, 17th Century)

This descriptive drawing, depicting three peasant woman in varying stances, is stylistically similar to Andries Both's drawing of Two characters from popular theatre: 'Nijkodemus' and 'Muyselaer the piper' offered in these Rooms in December 2020.1 In both drawings the figures are placed close to the picture plane and are set against an empty background.


1. Sale, London, Sotheby's, 4 December 2020, lot 34