Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde 1605-1638 Antwerp)
Lot 150

Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde 1605-1638 Antwerp)

Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds

Closed10 December 2014

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Adriaen Brouwer (Oudenaarde 1605-1638 Antwerp)
Studies for an Adoration of the Shepherds
black chalk, pen and brown ink, indistinct watermark (Gothic letter H?), brown ink framing lines
7 5/8 x 11 5/8 in. (19.2 x 29.4 cm.)

William Bateson (1861-1926) (L. 2604a); Sotheby's, London, 23-24 April 1929, lot 199.
with Nicolaas Beets (1878-1963) and Cassirer, Amsterdam; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 1 July 1929 for 560 guilders (Inventory book: '717. t. A. Brouwer schets aanbidding').

Specialist note

Drawings by Brouwer are rare and none can be directly connected to a painting. The nucleus of Brouwer's drawn work is formed by a group of sheets quickly and loosely executed in pen and brown ink with brown wash showing figures in various poses which are similar to the ones sketched in the present drawing.