Lot Essay
George Keyes has suggested that this may be a companion-piece to a drawing of the same date and similar dimensions at Heino, Kasteel 'Het Nijenhuis', Stichting Hannema-De Stuers (D107, fig. 241).
.jpg?w=1)
Horses in a field before a town, probably the Horse Fair at Valkenburgh outside The Hague
Details
Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)
Horses in a field before a town, probably the Horse Fair at Valkenburgh outside The Hague
signed and dated 'E.V. Velde 1628', brown ink framing lines on three sides (over black chalk at the bottom), a later black ink framing line at the top
black chalk
188 x 309 mm.
Horses in a field before a town, probably the Horse Fair at Valkenburgh outside The Hague
signed and dated 'E.V. Velde 1628', brown ink framing lines on three sides (over black chalk at the bottom), a later black ink framing line at the top
black chalk
188 x 309 mm.
Provenance
Pseudo-Crozat (L. 474).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 April 1978, lot 89 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-58).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 11 April 1978, lot 89 (to Dreesmann).
Dr Anton C.R. Dreesmann (inventory no. B-58).
Literature
G.S. Keyes, Esaias van den Velde 1587-1630, Groningen, 1984, D135, pl. 243.
Exhibited
Notre Dame, Indiana, The Snite Museum of Art, Selections of XVII and XVIII Century Dutch Art from the Collection of Dr A.C.R. Dreesmann, 1982, no. 26.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.