Lot 84: A rocky gorge with a monastery on a narrow track

Attributed to Pauwels van Hillegaert (Amsterdam 1631-1658) A rocky gorge with a monastery on a narrow track pen and brown ink, brown, red and blue wash 9 x 13¾ in. (230 x 340 mm.)

An unidentified collector's mark HF (not in Lugt).

FROM A SWISS PRIVATE COLLECTION

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Similar in handling to a group of at least eleven landscape drawings, mostly in the same technique, which Dr K.G. Boon first attributed to van Hillegaert, based primarily on two drawings in the Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin (E. Bock, J. Rosenberg, Die Niederländischen Meister, Berlin, 1930, nos. 2775-6). Another drawing from this group was sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 8 November 2000, lot 90.