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Lot Essay
J.H. Koekkoek was born in Veere and went to nearby Middelburg to be trained at the local wallpaper factory. He developed into a painter of marine scenes, teaching in Middelburg. In 1826, he settled in Durgerdam, and moved to Amsterdam in 1833. He was the founder of the Koekkoek family of artists, which includes his sons Barend Cornelis (1803-1862), Marinus Adrianus (1807-1868), Johannes (1811-1831) and Hermanus (1815-1882), all of whom were born in Middelburg (see also lots 132-5 in this sale).
The church tower depicted has been identified as that of the village of Zanddijk near Veere, which had been steadily enroached upon by the sea. The tower had been demolished for the re-use of its stones by the French in 1812-3, and appears in another drawing by the artist (Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, exhibition catalogue, Middelburg, 1963, no. 18, illustrated)
The church tower depicted has been identified as that of the village of Zanddijk near Veere, which had been steadily enroached upon by the sea. The tower had been demolished for the re-use of its stones by the French in 1812-3, and appears in another drawing by the artist (Johannes Hermanus Koekkoek, exhibition catalogue, Middelburg, 1963, no. 18, illustrated)