A group of standing women and children.

Early 17th c

Hammer price: € 2.000

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Lot description

Black chalk, brown ink, brown wash, framing line in black ink, 16,7 x 21,9 cm, laid paper, unsigned (very sm. hole).

Good condition. Hinged at upper edges. Under passe-partout and frame (studied outside frame).

Gathered around a baptismal font or well.
Ref. Master drawings exhibited by Bernard Houthakker, 1973, cat. 48.
Prov. Unidentified stamp. - Edward Vernon Utterson (c. 1775-1856), London legal adviser and archeologist (stamp, L.909). - Bernard Houthakker (1884-1963), Amsterdam art dealer (reference). - Jean Willems, Brussels art dealer (label).