Anton Overlaet (Dutch, 1720-1774) Ascribed – Man Regurgitating into a Bowl before a Child

Signed with the artists monogram (AO), in pen and brown ink (lower right). Brown and coloured washes over graphite on laid paper (partial watermark).

Condition is good. This drawing is to be sold as seen without a frame or mount and will be delivered in a conservation standard clear polyester sleeve.

Sheet: 6 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. (15.9 x 19.8 cm.)

The technique is unusual for Overlaet and may have been copied from a print or drawing by Adriaen Van Ostade (1610-1685). Most commonly Overlaet’s drawings are finely rendered which sought to mimic in pen and brown ink the distinct qualities and techniques of drypoint, etching and engraving.