Hendrik Voogd (1768-1839)

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Hendrik Voogd (1768-1839)

A River in a Ravine near Civita Castellana

signed, dated and inscribed 'H. Voogd Roma 1789/Civita Castellana' (verso); pencil, watercolour, black ink framing lines, watermark Strasburg lily and D & C Blauw
589 x 468 mm.

Provenance

A.W.M. Mensing; F. Muller, Amsterdam, 26 Oct. 1937, lot 211
Anon. sale, Van Huffel, Utrecht 1966, lot 507

Exhibited

Bonn/Saarbrücken/Bochum, 1968/9, no. 148
Rheydt, 1971, no. 82
Amsterdam, 1975/6, no. 132
Bremen/Braunschweig/Stuttgart, 1979/80, no. 151
Fribourg/Passau/Trier/Aachen/Nuremberg, 1982/4, no. 113
's Hertogenbosch, Noordbrabants Museum; Heino, 't Nijenhuis; Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Herinneringen aan Italië, Kunst en toerisme in de 18e eeuw, no. 153, illustrated

Lot Essay

This is dated one year after the artist's arrival in Italy, and shows the influence of the German artist Philip Hackert. Civita Castellana is situated by the famous waterfalls at Terni, which was a favourite subject of German artists of the period. Voogd is also known to have painted the same subject as a proof of his skill as an artist to obtain a three year's grant from Holland to stay in Italy (R. van Eynden, A. van der Willigen, Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Schilderkunst ...., Haarlem, 1820, p. 342)

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