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Property from the Collection formed by Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm

Pieter de Molijn

Travellers by a village inn

Auction Closed

January 31, 05:59 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Pieter de Molijn

London 1595 - 1661 Haarlem

Travellers by a village inn


Black chalk and gray wash within black ink framing lines;

signed, lower left: PMolyn (PM in monogram);

bears numbering in brown ink, verso601

143 by 194 mm; 5 ⅝ by 7 ⅝ in.

Charles Sackville Bale (1791-1880), London (L.640),
his sale, London, Christie's, 9 June 1881, lot 2372;
Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm,
by descent to the present owners
Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, Dutch and Flemish Drawings in the Nationalmuseum and other Swedish Collections, 1953, cat. 134;
Laren, Singer Museum, Oude Tekeningen uit de Nederlanden. Verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 1962, cat. 73
H.-U. Beck, Pieter Molyn, Katalog der Handzeichnungen, Doornspijk 1998, pp. 174-5, cat. 370
A copy of this drawing, considered by Beck to be possibly by Cornelis van Noorde, was formerly on the art market.