A plough (recto); A child in a cradle (verso)

Details

Wybrand Hendriks (Amsterdam 1744-1831 Haarlem)
A plough (recto); A child in a cradle (verso)
signed 'WH ad vivum'
black chalk, grey wash (recto); black chalk (verso)
7¾ x 9 in. (19.5 x 22.7 cm.); with four further drawings by the artist:
a. Study of willow trees (pl. 5)
b. A shed with a seated draughtsman (pl. 5)
c. A woman knitting (pl. 6), and
d. Attributed to Wybrand Hendriks (1744-1831), Portrait of the artist in a top hat (pl. 6) (5)

Provenance

Pieter Barbiers III (1772-1837); probably A.B. Verpoorten, Haarlem, 19-21 December 1837, lot number unknown (several lots described as 'landschap' by Hendriks).

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

The artist served as the director of the Haarlemse Tekenacademie before becoming curator of the Teylers Museum in 1785. He was responsible for establishing the museum's distinguished collection of drawings thanks to the purchase of 1,700 Italian drawings from the collection of Queen Christina of Sweden.
Three of the drawings ([1], b, and c) included in the present lot where included in the exhibition ybrand Hendriks 1744-1831, Haarlem, Teylers Museum, 1972.

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