Abraham Johannes Ruytenschildt (1778-1841)

A Tree in a Wood

Details

Abraham Johannes Ruytenschildt (1778-1841)
A Tree in a Wood
numbered '2'
black chalk, grey wash
461 x 325 mm.; a drawing of a walled town on a hill, and a signed drawing of a shed (3)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, November/December 1982, catalogue 358a, part of lot 725

Lot Essay

Ruytenschildt was a pupil of J. Andriessen and P. Barbiers Pzn. II. His style is close to that of A.J. Eymer and his master C. Steffelaar, who both also worked near Bentheim; (2) could have been drawn during Ruytenschildt's journey there

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