Netherlandish School, 16th Century
Extensive view of a rugged coastal landscape with monastic and other buildings
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Netherlandish School, first half of the 16th Century
Extensive view of a rugged coastal landscape with monastic and other buildings
bears early inscription in brown ink, verso: Pier B
pen and brown ink over black chalk
374 by 532 mm
Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980), London,
thence by descent to the present owners
Presumably, the old inscription on the reverse represents an attribution to Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525/30-1569), but the type of landscape depicted seems more in the tradition of somewhat earlier artists such as Joachim Patenir (1480-1524).
While the drawing does seem to date from the first half of the 16th century, drawings on this very large scale by Netherlandish artists of this period are extremely rare, and it has not been possible to arrive at any convincing specific attribution.
Edward ('Teddy') Croft-Murray, C.B.E., to whom this drawing belonged, was Keeper of the Department of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum from 1954 to 1973.
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