Johannes Bosboom (1817-1891)

A View in a Church, said to be Sainte Gudule, Brussels

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Johannes Bosboom (1817-1891)
A View in a Church, said to be Sainte Gudule, Brussels
signed (?) with initials 'JB'
pencil, black chalk, watercolour, pencil framing lines, fragmentary watermark device
337 x 238 mm.

Provenance

with Scheen, The Hague, 1956

Exhibited

Arnhem, 1958, no. 17
Delft, Museum Het Prinsenhof, 1958-9, Johannes Bosboom, no. 49
Utrecht, 1959/60, no. 11
Zeist, 1960, no. 7
Nijmegen, 1965, no. 108
Rheydt, 1971, no. 8
Utrecht, 1978, no. 20
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 17
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/3, no.12

Lot Essay

A sketch for a signed finished watercolour of the same subject and of comparable format, with figures added, formerly with Ten Cate, The Hague, exhibition catatalogue, December 1975-January 1976, no. 7, illustrated. Another sketch with watercolour of the interior of Sainte Gudule is in a private collection, C. Dinkelaar, D. Kaatman, Johannes Bosboom (1817-1891) schilder van licht, schaduw en kleur, Laren, 1999, p. 221, KBA 39-1, illustrated.
While in the 1958-9 exhibition catalogue the present lot is dated to circa 1858, it may date from a trip to Belgium in 1856

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