Italianate landscape.

Drawing, pen and black ink with gouache, 20 x 29 cm, laid paper.

Stuck under passe-partout.

An Italian landscape with a winding river running through an idyllic valley with an ancient ruin. Villages and castles can be seen on the mountainside and on the river bank. The style of the drawing (e.g. the rendering of clouds and leaves) is similar to that of the Dutch painter Pieter Dircksz. Van Santvoort (1609-1680).