Live Auction 7605Old Master and 19th Century Drawings
Attributed to The Master of the Mountain Landscapes
Lot 73

Attributed to The Master of the Mountain Landscapes

A view of a walled medieval town above a wooded riverbank

Closed8 July 2008

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GBP 5,625

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Attributed to The Master of the Mountain Landscapes
A view of a walled medieval town above a wooded riverbank
pen and brown ink
3 5/8 x 6 5/8 in. (92 x 169 mm.)

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25-26 November 1973, lot 301 (as Flemish School, circa 1500), where acquired by the present owner.

Specialist note

This drawing is close to a group of landscapes previously attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569) but now considered to be by an as yet unidentified artist active towards the end of 16th Century. He is usually called the Master of the Mountain Landscapes reflecting the subject matter of most of the drawings in the group (N.M. Orenstein, ed., Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Drawings and Prints, exhib. cat., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 266-7, nos. 120-5).
An attribution to the Anonymous Fabriczy has also been suggested.