(Leiden 1611 – 1693 London)

Dutch ships off the coast with men fishing from a jetty in the foreground, ca. 1653

Black chalk, on three joined sheets of paper, the main sheet with the watermark IHS  with a cross, 281 x 548 mm

Collector’s mark ‘B’ (verso)

Provenance: Anonymous sale, Christie’s, London, 11 December 1979, lot 308;  Netherlands, private collection