Jan Hendrik Louis Meijer (1809-1866)

A Sailing Vessel on a rocky Coast

Details

Jan Hendrik Louis Meijer (1809-1866)
A Sailing Vessel on a rocky Coast
signed 'L. Meijer'
pen and brown ink brown wash, heightened with white, pencil framing lines
192 x 257 mm.; and a drawing of an extensive seascape with sailing vessels by Cornelis Lieste (1817-1861) (2)

Provenance

(1) with Sloot, Amsterdam, 1955
(2) with Beeker, Haarlem, 1953

Literature

(1) E. Meyer, Collectie van Leeuwen te Utrecht, De gretigheid van het verzamelaarsoog, Kunstbeeld, June 1978, p. 11, illustrated

Exhibited

(1) Arnhem, 1958, no. 75
Utrecht, 1959/60, no. 49
Utrecht, 1978, no. 72
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 86

Lot Essay

Meyer studied with G.P. Westenberg and J.W. Pieneman in Amsterdam before leaving for Paris in 1827, and returned in 1830. In 1842, he settled in Paris again, visiting the Mediterranean in 1846, and returning to Holland where he settled in The Hague in 1847. He became a dedicated marine artist, teaching A. van Beest, G. Kiers, J.H. Maris and others

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