Lot Essay
Compare to a watercolour with a similar composition sold in these rooms (21 April 1993, lot 346) and with the painting 'Grace before the meal' (recorded at the archives of the RKD, The Hague).
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Before supper
Details
David Adolph Constant Artz (Dutch, 1837-1890)
Before supper
signed 'Artz' (lower left)
charcoal and black chalk on paper
65 x 89 cm.
Before supper
signed 'Artz' (lower left)
charcoal and black chalk on paper
65 x 89 cm.
Provenance
Prince Alexander, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, 1879.
Literature
J.J. Santen Kolff, 'In de zaal der Haagsche Teekenacademie', De Nederlandse Spectator, II, August 1879, p. 280.
Exhibited
The Hague, Teekeningen door gewone en eere-leden oder Hollandsche Teeken Maatschappij, August-September 1879, cat.no. 4 (acquired by the Prince for nlg. 650).
Eindhoven, Museum Kempenland, Tussen Realisme en Impressionisme. Aquarellen van Meesters van de Haagse School, 18 November-11 March 2001.
Eindhoven, Museum Kempenland, Tussen Realisme en Impressionisme. Aquarellen van Meesters van de Haagse School, 18 November-11 March 2001.
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