Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (1782-1810)

A wooded Landscape with Cows drinking in a Pond (recto); Studies of wooded Landscapes (verso)

Details

Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (1782-1810)
A wooded Landscape with Cows drinking in a Pond (recto); Studies of wooded Landscapes (verso)
with inscription 'Roelofs' (verso)
pen and brown ink, brown and green wash, pencil and brown ink framing lines (recto); pencil (verso)
136 x 204 mm.; and a drawing of herdsmen on a wooded road signed and dated 1801 (2)

Provenance

(1) J. den Hartogh, Zeist, 1965
(2) An unidentified collector's mark 'RP' (? verso, not in Lugt)
Collection Fabre Breton (his stamp, verso, not in Lugt)
with Prout, Paris, 1973

Lot Essay

Van Troostwijk came from a wealthy family in Amsterdam. He was taught by the brothers Anthonie and Jurriaan Andriessen, which is evident from the style in the second drawing in this lot. In 1805 he was appointed doorman of the Amsterdam town hall. On his journeys outside the city he made a number of drawings and watercolours, for one of which he was awarded a gold medal by the Felix Meritis society in 1808. Only recently an exhibition of the artist's drawings was held in the Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, Wouter van Troostwijk 1782-1810, schilder, tekenaar en etser, 1998-9
See illustration on p.

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