Salomon Leonardus Verveer (1813-1876)
Salomon Leonardus Verveer (1813-1876)

A View of a Town on a River

Details
Salomon Leonardus Verveer (1813-1876)
A View of a Town on a River
signed and dated 'SL Verveer ft 54'
watercolour, pencil framing lines
119 x 212 mm.
Provenance
J. den Hartogh, Zeist, 1967
Exhibited
Bonn/Saarbrcken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 143

Lot Essay

While the drawing has tarditionally been identified as a view of the Nieuwe Haven at Dordrecht, the churches depicted are not accurate to the site, and the vague indication of hills on both sides may rather indicate a view inspired by Verveer's journeys to Germany or France in the 1830s

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