Lot 4: HANS BOL

MECHELEN 1534 - 1593 AMSTERDAM LANDSCAPE WITH CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO EMMAUS, A WOMAN HERDING CATTLE TO THE RIGHT Gouache on vellum, laid down on panel; signed in monogram and dated: HB 1585 (under the bridge) 94 by 145 mm

A label pasted on the back of the panel reads as follows: Old drawing in Guazzo upon fine Vellum / (apparently) stretched upon panel - Signed HB 1635 [sic] / in microscopic characters under the bridge / Belonged to Matthew Duane Esq F.S.A who died 1785 / Mrs... Dawson died 1799 / Mrs Hutchinson of Whitton House died 1844 / Mrs Hutchinson ditto 1866 / ...Hutchinson 1877 /...(no. 7); sale, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 15 November 1983, lot 244, thence by descent

This is a characteristic work by the artist, both in technique and in the placement of Biblical events in a northern European landscape.