Winterlandscape with a traveller on a horse and chart

Details

Jan Toorop (1858-1928)
Winterlandscape with a traveller on a horse and chart
signed with monogram and dated lower right 80
oil on panel
37.5 x 48.5 cm

Provenance

A gift from the artist to his neighbour Adriana Braadt circa 1886 (the late Mrs A. Specht Grijp - Braadt)
Mrs Johanna Specht Grijp, Australia, from whom acquired by the previous owners

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

The present lot is one of Jan Toorop's earliest oil picture recorded. Please compare this lot with a picture of a mill painted on a doorpanel as decoration for the house of Dr Masthoff, Delft. See: R. Siebelhoff, The early development of Jan Toorop 1879-1892, Toronto 1973, Vol. III (unpublished thesis) p. 179, no. P7903

Will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné on the artist's work, currently being prepared by G.W.C. van Wezel.

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