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Lot 125

Leonard Bramer, Dutch 1596-1674-  Nimrod supervising the building of the Tower of Babel;  black...

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Lot 125

Leonard Bramer, 
Dutch 1596-1674- 
Nimrod supervising the building of the Tower of Babel; 
black...

Price Realised: £1,837

Estimate: £300 - £500

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Lot 125

Description

Leonard Bramer, 
Dutch 1596-1674- 

Nimrod supervising the building of the Tower of Babel; 

black ink and wash on grey paper, 39.4 x 31.5 cm. 

Provenance: 
The Collection of Sir John and Lady Witt; 
Their sale, Sotheby's, London, 19 February 1987, lot 288. 
Property of the Late Professor Eric Gerald Stanley, FBA (1923-2018) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Stanley). 

Exhibited: 
London, Courtauld Institute Galleries, 'The John Witt Collection, Part I, European Schools', 1963, no. 26. 

Note: 
Bramer was one of the founding members of the Bentvueghel group of Northern European artists active in Rome, to where he had travelled in 1616. The present work is a particularly fine example of the Biblical and mythological scenes which formed the artist's preferred subject matter, as in, for example, his drawings of 'Jacob recognising the blood-stained coat of Joseph' and 'Sara bringing Hagar to Abraham', both of which sold at Sotheby's, London, on 24 March 2021, as lots 47 and 48 respectively. 

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The buyer shall pay the hammer price together with a premium thereon of 26% up to £20,000 (31.2% inclusive of VAT), 25% from £20,001 - £500,000 (30% inclusive of VAT), 20% from £500,001 thereafter (24% inclusive of VAT). The premium price is subject to VAT at the standard rate.

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