Marten De Cock (active 1620-1646)
Farm buildings surrounded by trees, beside a stream, with several figures and a flock of sheep signed and dated 1629
Pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite | 21.6 x 33.7 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 906267
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A drawing of a view of a thatched wooden farm building, with a tree in the left foreground. Signed and dated, lower right. This is a free repetition of the composition executed in the previous year, in the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels.
Provenance
Listed in George III's 'Inventory A,' c.1800, p.119 ('Dutch Landscapes'), nos. 1-38: 'Chiefly consisting of neat views of Holland the Masters names mark'd are / Verstien, Schoot, and W. Troost.'
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Medium and techniques
Pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite
Measurements
21.6 x 33.7 cm (sheet of paper)
