Old Master and British Works on Paper

Old Master and British Works on Paper

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Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss, Sold Without Reserve

Attributed to Gerrit Claesz. Bleker

Elegant company in a landscape

No reserve

Lot Closed

January 26, 07:07 PM GMT

Estimate

500 - 700 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the collection of the late Walter L. Strauss, Sold Without Reserve

Attributed to Gerrit Claesz. Bleker

Haarlem circa 1593 - 1656

Elegant company in a landscape


Pen and black ink and gray wash

143 by 202 mm; 5⅝ by 8 in.

Walter L. Strauss, New York (1922-1988),
thence by descent

Bleker was active in Haarlem, in the second quarter of the 17th century. Few drawings by him have been identified, but the handling in the present work can be compared with two sheets, in Vienna and London, that are apparently signed.1


1. Vienna, Albertina, inv no. 10182; London, British Museum, inv. no. SL,5236.42