Pieter de Molijn
Bird Trapping on a Meadow
Artist
Pieter de Molijn
Additional Description
Schwarze Kreide, teils grau laviert, auf Bütten. (Um 1654/55). 14,4 x 19,8 cm. Verso in rotem Stift nummeriert „7“.
Details
Nicht bei Beck.
Period
(1595 London - Haarlem 1661)
Technique
Arbeiten auf Papier
Literature
VergleichsHans-Ulrich Beck, Pieter Molyn. 1595-1661. Katalog der Handzeichnungen, Doornspijk 1998, S. 95-100, Kat.-Nrn. 142-157.
Provenance
Ehemals Alfred Normand (1910-1993), Paris.
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Description
At least fifteen drawings by Pieter Molijn depict bird-trapping with nets on meadows or in dunes - sometimes as a central motif, sometimes as an animating element in the background (cf. Beck 142-157). Figures often appear in the foreground, mostly families, whose gaze is directed towards the action in the centre ground. Most of these scenes were created around 1654/55; undated works are also likely to date from this period. - Paper minimally darkened along the sheet edges, otherwise in fine condition.