Lot 42: GERRIT LUNDENS AMSTERDAM 1622 - 1686

A SCHOOLMASTER TEACHING PEASANT CHILDREN

A SCHOOLMASTER TEACHING PEASANT CHILDREN

measurements note
276 by 216mm

signed in brown ink, lower left: Lúndens

pen and brown ink and grey wash, within black chalk framing lines, the lower corners cut

NOTE

Although no securely attributable drawing by Lundens have previously been identified, the close similarities with the artist's paintings, and the fact that the very distinctive style of this drawing cannot be associated with any other known artist, suggest that the traditional attribution for the present sheet should be accepted.