Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818)

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Egbert van Drielst (1745-1818)

Travellers on a Road through a Wood near a Farm at Midlaren

signed, dated and inscribed 'E. van; Drielst 1805/t Midlaaren in het Landschap Drenthe' (verso); black chalk, watercolour, brown ink framing lines, watermark letters CP and C with hart
347 x 477 mm.

Provenance

with H. Marcus, Amsterdam, 1967

Exhibited

Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 37
Rheydt, 1971, no. 19
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 33
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 35
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 22

Lot Essay

Clearly inspired by Hobbema, this is a good example of the artist's drawings made in the province of Drenthe; see also the following lot.
Similar drawings and watercolours of Den Eext in the same area were exhibited, Assen, Provinciaal Museum van Drenthe, Egbert van Drielst 'de Drentse Hobbema', 1745-1818, 1968, nos. 27-38

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