Lot Essay
(1) See illustration on p.
Details
Jacob Ernst Marcus (1774-1826)
A Farmer resting by a Tree
signed and dated 'J.E. Marcus fecit 1806.'; black chalk, watercolour, brown ink framing lines
229 x 298 mm.; a drawing of a female nude standing, 433 x 251 mm.; and two watercolours of J. van der Marck and his wife Petronella Nitzen after Adriaen van der Werff, 377 x 306 mm., all by the same hand (4)
A Farmer resting by a Tree
signed and dated 'J.E. Marcus fecit 1806.'; black chalk, watercolour, brown ink framing lines
229 x 298 mm.; a drawing of a female nude standing, 433 x 251 mm.; and two watercolours of J. van der Marck and his wife Petronella Nitzen after Adriaen van der Werff, 377 x 306 mm., all by the same hand (4)
Provenance
(1) Pictura, Groningen (L.2028)
(1) with P. Scheen, The Hague
(2) with H. Marcus, Amsterdam, 1974
(3-4) Anon.sale, Beyers, Utrecht, 25-6 September 1984, lot 773
(1) with P. Scheen, The Hague
(2) with H. Marcus, Amsterdam, 1974
(3-4) Anon.sale, Beyers, Utrecht, 25-6 September 1984, lot 773
Exhibited
(2) Enschede, Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Van Schaamte ontbloot, 1987-8, no. 54
Engraved
(1) by the artist, in reverse, Het Studie Prentwerk, Amsterdam, 1808, pl. 3, together with a female figure