Hendrik Johannes Weissenbruch (1824-1903)

A Traveller and his Dog resting on a Rise in a panoramic Landscape, a river beyond

Details

Hendrik Johannes Weissenbruch (1824-1903)
A Traveller and his Dog resting on a Rise in a panoramic Landscape, a river beyond
signed 'J.H. Weissenbruch'
pencil, pen and grey ink, grey wash, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark Honig & Zoon
269 x 373 mm.

Provenance

H.C. Valkema Blouw; F. Muller, Amsterdam, 2-4 March 1954, lot 716
with Scheen, The Hague, 1954

Literature

J. de Gruyter, De Haagse School, Rotterdam, 1968, I, p. 65 and fig. 72

Exhibited

Arnhem, 1958, no. 130
Laren, 1963, no. 120
Nijmegen, 1965, no. 121
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 136
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 159
Paris, Grand Palais/London, Royal Academy of Arts/The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, January-October 1983, p. 276, no. 124

Lot Essay

De Gruyter (loc.cit.) dates this drawing to Weissenbruch's early career and notes that the must have been much influenced by Andreas Schelfhout in his early years. While the landscape in the present drawing has traditionally been identified as near Oosterbeek, it is possible that it is in fact a view from a rise overlooking the Spaarne towards Haarlem, the with the church of Saint Bavo beyond

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