Lot 113: Pieter Cornelisz. Verbeeck , Utrecht 1610 - 1654 saint peter in a landscape Black chalk on vellum, within black ink framing lines; signed and dated in black chalk, lower right: PC [entwined] Verbeeck / f.1636.

Black chalk on vellum, within black ink framing lines; signed and dated in black chalk, lower right: PC [entwined] Verbeeck / f.1636.

measurements note 224 by 155 mm

Pieter Cornelisz. was the son of the marine painter Cornelis Verbeeck. He became a master of the guild of Alkmaar in 1635, and ten years later joined the guild of St. Luke in Haarlem, where he is thought to have taught Philips Wouwermans and Gillis Schagen. Although known mainly for his depictions of horses, hunting and cavaliers, the present sheet is typical of his style. St. Peter's distinctive expression and the elaborate approach to the vegetation at his feet are both seen in prints by Verbeeck.υ1 1. See Hollstein vol. XXXV, p. 164, no. 1 and p. 166, no. 3