Egbert van Drielst (Groningen 1745-1818 Amsterdam)

A wooded landscape near Eext

Details

Egbert van Drielst (Groningen 1745-1818 Amsterdam)
A wooded landscape near Eext
signed and dated 'E: Van Drielst 1794 -/ in den Eext in het Landschap Drenthe' (verso)
black chalk, watercolour, brown ink framing lines
31.1 x 42.7 cm.

Exhibited

The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Nederlandsche aquarellen van 1780-1830, 1942, no. 31 (catalogue by D.J. Balfoort and K.G. Boon).

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Lot Essay

From 1772 onwards van Drielst paid numerous visits to Eext in the province of Drenthe where he executed a large number of drawings depicting the farms and the woods around the village. Ten of these views are now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; the earliest drawing is dated 1772 (RP-T-1918-35), the latest dated 1806 (RP-T-1892-A-2563). Although his drawings are inspired by nature, they also show the influence of the Dutch landscape artists from the Golden Age. Van Drielst was even dubbed the 'Drenthe Hobbema'.

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