FRANS ADRIAENSZ BOUDEWIJNS 
Italianate Landscape
Red chalk and red wash
23.3 x 35.7 cm
Watermark: Fleur de Lys

 Similar drawings by Frans Boudewijns, dated to the 1740's, are the "Extensive Landscape" in the Wittert collection in Liege (inv.no.2256), the "Landscape" in the Kunsthalle in Hamburg (inv.no.216) and the "Landscape" in the Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin (inv.no.2045). The present drawing is the largest in dimension and already foreshadows the Romantic period.

Framed with anti UV glass and acid free passepartout