Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Quality in Detail. The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Willem Romeyn
Two bullocks with a sheep and a goat
Lot Closed
March 24, 03:32 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Willem Romeyn
Haarlem circa 1624 - circa 1694
Two bullocks with a sheep and a goat
Black chalk and grey wash within pen and grey ink framing lines;
signed and dated, upper left: WROMEYN/1694
185 by 317 mm
Pierre Olivier Dubaut (1886-1968), Paris (L.2103b);
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 21 November 1989, lot 78
sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 21 November 1989, lot 78
A pupil of Nicholas Berchem (1620-1683), Romeyn usually filled his characteristic Italianate landscapes with animals (mainly sheep and cattle) and with light. A comparable drawing was sold in these Rooms in 2008.1
1. Sale, London, Sotheby's, 9 July 2008, lot 64