Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Circle of Claes Jansz. Visscher II (Amsterdam circa 1587-1652)
Lot 107

Circle of Claes Jansz. Visscher II (Amsterdam circa 1587-1652)

View of a village with windmills

Closed10 December 2014

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EUR 4,375

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Circle of Claes Jansz. Visscher II (Amsterdam circa 1587-1652)
View of a village with windmills
pen and brown ink, watermark crowned splayed eagle surmounting three balls, brown ink framing lines, the upper right corner made up
6 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (16.1 x 23.1 cm.)

Yegor Mackowsky (1802-1886) (L. 885a).
Unidentified Russian collector's marks (verso, not in Lugt).
with Nicolaas Beets (1878-1963), Amsterdam; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 4 December 1931, (Inventory book: '1109. t. Brueghel molen').

Specialist note

There is no exact match for the watermark in Briquet, but there are comparable examples from the beginning of the 17th Century. An attribution to Jacob Savery I (circa 1565-1603) has also been suggested.