Jan Peeters I (Flemish, 1624-1677)
Traveller Directing Two Horsemen Along a Rocky Path

initialled 'IP' (lower right)
pen and ink with wash on paper
Unframed: 6.5 x 10.2 cm. (2 1/2 x 4 in.) Framed: 26 x 32.5 cm. (10 1/4 x 12 3/4 in.)

Sale: Phillips, London, 17 February 1987, lot 98
Where purchased by a Private Collector, UK,
By whom gifted to the present owner

Known predominantly for seascapes and topographical drawings, Jan Peeters I was a Flemish Baroque artist, widely engraved by contemporary printmakers. (1) He was born in Antwerp and studied with his brothers Bonaventura and Gillis. In 1645, he became a master of Antwerp’s Guild of St Luke.

We are grateful to Dr Gerlinde de Beer for endorsing the attribution.

References:

1. Hans Vlieghe (1998). Flemish Art and Architecture, 1585–1700. Pelican History of Art. New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 198–199.