Lot 215: MARY BEALE | Portrait of Gerrit Edema (1652-1707)

Grey washes over pencil on laid paper;
signed lower left: MBeale p., inscribed lower centre: Gerrard Edema Landskip [sic] painter

167 by 122 mm

Grey washes over pencil on laid paper;<br />signed lower left: <em>MBeale p., </em>inscribed lower centre:<em> Gerrard Edema Landskip </em>[sic]<em> painter</em>

This work is well preserved and medium having remained strong and clear. There is some very minor surface dirt and some very minor discolouration to the top left hand corner of the sheet.
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