Soldiers resting by a forest

Details

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Dutch, 1803-1862)
Soldiers resting by a forest
signed and dated 'B.C. Koekkoek 1830' (lower right)
pencil, pen and brown ink and grey wash on paper
24.5 x 32 cm.

Literature

G. de Werd, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862) seine Familie, seine Schule und das Haus Koekkoek in Kleve, Cleves 2000, p.27, ill.no.26.

Exhibited

Cleves, Museum Haus Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862) seine Familie, seine Schule und das Haus Koekkoek in Kleve, 1995.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

The authenticity has been kindly confirmed by Drs Guido de Werd after firsthand examination. He has pointed out that the present lot is part of a group of circa fifteen drawings of military subjects relating to the Tiendaagse Veldtocht in 1830.

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