Lot 125
Live veiling
Equestrian battle scene.
€ 250 / 300
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Lot description
Late 16th or 17th c
Drawing, pen and brown ink, with brown gouache, traces of graphite pencil, 16 x 24,1 cm, laid paper, unidentified signature at top left corner (edges reinforced, bottom left edges sl. frayed).
Under passe-partout.
Heroic battle scene between two soldiers on horseback. In the background two armies are seen fighting. The beautifully nuanced use of gouache to simulate shades and depth betrays the hand of an experienced draughtsman.