Jan Toorop (1858-1928)

Portrait of General Drabbe

Details

Jan Toorop (1858-1928)
Portrait of General Drabbe
signed and dated lower left J.Th. Toorop 1914, and inscribed upper right J.Drabbe Domburg
waxed crayons on canvas
120 x 110 cm

Provenance

Dr. J.H. Labberton, The Hague
Dr. L. Steinmetz-Labberton, Ellecom

Literature

M. Janssen, Jan Toorop, Amsterdam 1915, p.11, p.9 (ill.)
Alb. Plasschaert, Jan Toorop, Amsterdam 1925, cat.no. 1914-3
J.B. Knipping, Jan Toorop, Amsterdam 1947, p. 58, p. 53 (ill.)

Exhibited

Amsterdam, 'De Roos', Kunsthandel Theo Neuhuys, Jan Toorop, 18 April - 17 May 1915, no. 11
The Hague, Kunsthandel Theo Neuhuys, Jan Toorop, June - July 1915, no. 35
Amsterdam, Gebouw voor Beeldende Kunst, Jan Toorop Tentoonstelling, January 1924, no. 15
The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Eeretentoonstelling Jan Toorop, 4-26 April 1928, no. 121

Lot Essay

From 1897 on Toorop worked regularly in Domburg, where he became lifelong friends with General Johan Drabbe, who lived with his daughter Mies at Westerstraat 22. Mies was not only Toorop's pupil and model, but also helped him organise exhibitions in Domburg, in the newly built pavilion, designed by Toorop. Toorop both portrayed father and daughter Drabbe several times in different techniques.

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