Lot Essay
The use of what seem to be Chinese blue and white porcelain vases as decoration is an unusual feature in Dutch gardening at the time.
View of De Dolphyn, near Middelburg, on the Isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, with the middle parterre and the dry basin
Details
Jan Arends (1738-1805)
View of De Dolphyn, near Middelburg, on the Isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, with the middle parterre and the dry basin
signed, dated and inscribed 'J. Arends del. ad viv. 1777 Tiende Gezicht van de Buitenplaats den DOLPHYN, of Revers van het derde, te zien over het midden Parterre en droog Basein op het Heerenhuis ter zyde. ten Z. Westen.'
pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour, brown ink framing lines, framed
264 x 366 mm.
View of De Dolphyn, near Middelburg, on the Isle of Walcheren, Zeeland, with the middle parterre and the dry basin
signed, dated and inscribed 'J. Arends del. ad viv. 1777 Tiende Gezicht van de Buitenplaats den DOLPHYN, of Revers van het derde, te zien over het midden Parterre en droog Basein op het Heerenhuis ter zyde. ten Z. Westen.'
pencil, pen and grey ink, watercolour, brown ink framing lines, framed
264 x 366 mm.
Provenance
By descent from the family of the owners of De Dolphyn to the present owner.