Live Auction 5472Old Master, 19th Century & British Drawings & Watercolours
Jan Luyken (Amsterdam 1649-1712)
Lot 1105

Jan Luyken (Amsterdam 1649-1712)

Figures gathered in a street at night

Closed9 December 2010

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GBP 1,625

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Jan Luyken (Amsterdam 1649-1712)
Figures gathered in a street at night
signed 'Jan Luijken'
black chalk, pen and black ink, grey wash, heightened with white, pen and black ink framing lines, indistinct watermark, unframed
5 x 4¾ in. (12.2 x 11.9 cm.)

C. Ploos van Amstel (L. 2034), with his measurements 'hoog 5 d br 4½ d' (L. 3003, verso).

Specialist note

One of the greatest collectors of Dutch drawings, Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) was also an artist in his own right and Director of the Amsterdamse Stadstekenakademie (City Drawing Academy). Although it has not been possible to identify the present drawing, his posthumous sale, beginning on 3 March 1800, contained many drawings by Jan Luyken, including 40 drawings by the artist in a portfolio.