Herman van Swanevelt (Woerden 1603-1655 Paris)

A stream in a hilly landscape

Details

Herman van Swanevelt (Woerden 1603-1655 Paris)
A stream in a hilly landscape
black chalk, pen and brown ink, brown wash, black ink framing lines
8¾ x 10 5/8 in. (22 x 27 cm.)

Provenance

Unidentified collection stamp (coat of arms) upper right (not in Lugt). either with Herman Rethel-Kuyt, Haarlem; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in November 1926 for 15 guilders (Inventory book: '231. t. Swanevelt. landschap') or with R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam; from whom purchased by I.Q. van Regteren Altena on 9 December 1930 for 18.40 guilders (Inventory book: '1041. t. H. Swanevelt landschap').

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Hoe Hollandse teekenaars Rome zagen 1500-1840, 1940 (no catalogue published).

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Lot Essay

The drawing can be compared stylistically to works such as a drawing which was with Lorna Lowe and Jean-Luc Baroni in 1979 (A.C. Steland, Herman van Swanevelt: um 1630-1655, Petersberg, 2010, no. Z 2.61, fig. Z 137).

We are grateful to Anne Charlotte Steland, who has confirmed the attribution to Swanevelt on the basis of a digital image.

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