Man working with a pike.

Drawing, black chalk, 13,4 x 15,3 cm, laid paper with watermark (Pro Patria "Maid of Dort", Churchill 129), unsigned (some brown stains).

Man with a fur hat, performing an indistinct profession with a long pole or pike. Both subject, technique and style remind of drawings by the Antwerp artist Jan Jozef Horemans (1682-1759), known for his genre scenes and for depicting workmen in various professions.