Lot Essay
The artist's subjects and the technique of scraping with his pen to indicate the traces of skating on the ice resemble that of his master, Andreas Schelfhout (cf. lots 217-22 in this sale)
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A Man skating on a frozen Dyke, passing a Bridge
Details
Johannes Franciscus Hoppenbrouwers (1819-1866)
A Man skating on a frozen Dyke, passing a Bridge
signed 'J.F. Hoppenbrouwers f'
watercolour, pencil framing lines
169 x 242 mm.
A Man skating on a frozen Dyke, passing a Bridge
signed 'J.F. Hoppenbrouwers f'
watercolour, pencil framing lines
169 x 242 mm.
Provenance
with M. Israel, Amsterdam, 1952
Exhibited
Arnhem, 1958, no. 50