Jacob Maris (The Hague 1837 - 1899 Karlsbad)
Jacob Maris (The Hague 1837 - 1899 Karlsbad)

De Jonge Artiste: the young artist

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Jacob Maris (The Hague 1837 - 1899 Karlsbad)
De Jonge Artiste: the young artist
signed 'J Maris' (lower right)
chalk, charcoal, watercolour and gouache on paper
505 x 385 mm.
Painted circa 1875-1880.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Kunsthandel J.J. Biesing, The Hague, 31 October 1911, lot 117.
Mr. J. MacNicol, 1953.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam.
Acquired from the above by Mr. H.E. ten Cate, Almelo, by 1953.
with Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam, circa 1965, inv.no. A8555.
Acquired from the above by Mr. I.G. Purves, Winnipeg, Canada, 1967.
Literature
D. Hannema, Catalogue of the H.E. ten Cate Collection, Rotterdam, 1955, p. 94, no. 159, ill. 139, as: The young artist.
Jacqueline de Raad, Trudy van Zadelhoff, Maris: een kunstenaarsfamilie, Zwolle, 1991, pp. 29, 34, no. 27.
Jan Jaap Heij, Hollands impressionisme, Bussum, 2013, p. 39 (where dated circa 1878).
Exhibited
Laren, Singer Museum, Maris: een kunstenaarsfamilie, 13 January-10 March 1991, no. 27, as: Prentjes Kleuren.
The Hague, Gemeentemuseum, Nieuw licht: De Haagse School onthuld, 13 June-27 September 2009.
Laren, Singer Museum, Hollands impressionisme, 30 May-25 August 2013.

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It has been suggested that Jacob Maris portrayed his eldest son, Willem Matthijs (1872-1929), who later became an accomplished portrait painter, being educated by, amongst others, his father.

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