Preaching monk.

Drawing, pen and brown ink, brush and grey wash, 24,2 x 17,5 cm, laid paper with watermark (Churchill 158), signed in ink at lower right corner "P. Van Reysschoot" (brown spots at upper right centre, upper and lower left corners torn, oxidated prick hole at upper centre, old inv. nr on verso).

Stuck under passe-partout.

A figure in monk's hood, possibly St Norbertus, preaching to the people from some steps. Pieter Van Reysschoot was a Ghent painter with a successful career which led him to work in Britain between 1736-1743.
Ref. M. Fredericq-Lilar, "Gent in de 18de eeuw. De familie van Reijsschoot", Ruiselede 1992.