Jacob Cats (1741-1799)
Jacob Cats (1741-1799)

Figures by the Drawbridge of Castle Loenersloot on the Angstel

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Jacob Cats (1741-1799)
Figures by the Drawbridge of Castle Loenersloot on the Angstel
signed, inscribed and dated 'LoenreSloot J: Cats del ad viv 1763 Perf: 1787' (verso)
pen and brown ink, watercolour, brown ink framing lines, framed
143 x 217 mm.
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 15 April 1985, lot 13.

Lot Essay

The inscription on this watercolour would seem to indicate that Cats resumed work on it 24 years after first drawing it. This could well have comprised the addition of watercolour, perhaps at the request of a collector.

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