6292 - 6524 FINE ARTS - 16th-19th CENTURY DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS and PAINTINGS
- On paper with "L V G" [Lubbert van Gerrevink] watermark. Trifle foxed. = Artist identified in pencil on mount.
- Foxed.
= Josua de Grave accompanied the army of William III against the French in 1672. Gouderak was part of the "Hollandse Waterlinie". In 2022 a very similar drawing was auctioned with a view of the other side of the river. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- A few small stains in sky area to the right. Frame sl. dam.
= WIth the collector's mark of Pim van Eekelen on recto.
- Yellowed. = SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
- Slightly foxed; trimmed to the framing line.
= View of house Kroonenburgh in Loenen aan de Vecht. Provenance: the estate of E. Munnig Schmidt. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCII.
- With foxing.
= With an attribution to Meindert Hobbema on verso. In the upper left corner on verso a very vaguely visible name ("J. Ruysdael"?) in pencil. With the collector's mark of Jean-François Gigoux (Lugt 1806-1894) on recto. On verso annotions in pencil (prob. by C.G. 't Hooft, curator of museum Fodor) on the provenance: collection Jean Gigoux, (art dealer) Vincent van Gogh Amsterdam and then sold in the auction of R.W.P. de Vries, on 5 March 1920 (no.222) to the curator 't Hooft . Perhaps more in the style of Jacob van Ruisdael than Hobbema. Perhaps Simon de Vlieger.
= With the collector's mark of J.Q. van Regteren Altena on verso (Lugt 4617).
Poelman, Pierre (1801-1826). Oude vrouw bijbel lezend. Drawing, 20,2x18,5 cm., black crayon heightened w. white on grey paper, signed in pencil on verso, tipped onto mount.
= With the collector's mark of J.Q. van Regteren Altena on verso (Lugt 4617).
AND 4 other drawings, all from the same collection, incl. 2 pencil drawings
attributed to Jan EKELS and an anonymous pencil drawing (A woman carrying a basket, a child standing beside her).
= Drawings made between the age of 9 and 16 years, partly w. dedication, i.a. "Voor tante Grootenraij", "Voor mama", "Voor tante Bet". P.J.C. van Hoeij Schilthouwer later enlisted in the KNIL. He died in Surabaya.
AND a few delicate paper cuttings and a "prikkunst" leaf, signed "M. van Hoeij".
= Artworks by the artist are very rare. Copied after the drawing by Van Strij, now in the collection of Harvard College. Perhaps at one time in her possession. Maria Hoofman was praised as an art collector by Kramm and Immerzeel and as a dilettant draughtswoman and painter; the important part of her collection was sold after her death to artdealer Nieuwenhuysen from Brussels [Nederlandsche Kunst-Spiegel 1847, p. 190].
= Artworks by the artist are very rare. Copied after the drawing by Van Strij, now in the collection of Leiden University. Perhaps at one time in her possession. Maria Hoofman was praised as an art collector by Kramm and Immerzeel and as a dilettant draughtswoman and painter; the important part of her collection was sold after her death to artdealer Nieuwenhuysen from Brussels [Nederlandsche Kunst-Spiegel 1847, p. 190].
- Blank margins sl. unevenly cut; traces of paper and tape along upper edge; sl. foxed and dustsoiled.
- Craquelure over the entire surface; canvas dry; vague sm. scratch near lower edge.
= Provenance: the collection Randag, Den Bosch (with its label on verso). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XCIII.
= On wove paper.
