Johann Edler Goll van Frankenstein (Frankfurt 1722-1785 Velsen)

Travellers in a wood

Details

Johann Edler Goll van Frankenstein (Frankfurt 1722-1785 Velsen)
Travellers in a wood
black chalk, point of the brush and grey wash, partial black ink framing lines
14 x 17 5/8 in. (35.4 x 44.8 cm)

Provenance

probably Cornelis Ploos van Amstel; Van der Schley et al., Amsterdam, 3 March 1800, album F, lot 57 (39,10 guilders to De Bosch, together with lot 58).
Christiaan Pieter van Eeghen (1816-1889) (his mark with initials 'CPvE', not in Lugt), Amsterdam and by descent to
Eberhard Korthals Altes.

Exhibited

Velsen, Museum Beekstein, Is getekend J. Goll van Frankenstein, tekeningen van een 18de-eeuwse heer, 1997, no. 43, ill. (catalogue by J.J.H. Polak and J. Peeters).

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Lot Essay

The Amsterdam banker Johan Edler Goll van Frankenstein was one of the greatest collectors of his time and one of the most gifted amateur draughtsmen of his generation. His drawings clearly show the influence of the art of the Dutch Golden Age, which proved to be an inspiration for so many 18th Century Dutch artists, but at the same time they foreshadow the art of the Romantic era to come.
Substantial in size, but refined in execution and composition, this sheet ranks among the artist's most accomplished drawings. While the view has not been identified with certainty, it has been suggested that it may depict a wood near Roosendaal (Polak and Peeters, op. cit.).

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