Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)

A wooded landscape with riders approaching a group of gypsies

Details

Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)
A wooded landscape with riders approaching a group of gypsies
with inscription 'Esaias van de Velde' (verso)
black chalk, brown wash, watermark crowned crest with Lion of the United Provinces with dangling PS, brown ink framing lines
9½ x 13 3/8 in. (24 x 33.8 cm)

Provenance

with C.G. Boerner, Dusseldorf.
Private collection, West Germany, circa 1984.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 16 November 2005, lot 15.

Literature

G. Keyes, Esaias van de Velde 1587-1630, Doornspijk, 1984, no. D 180, fig. 242.

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Lot Essay

The stylistic similarity to drawings from circa 1629-1630 (cf. Keyes, op. cit., nos. D 23, D 132, D 152, figs. 262, 264, 320), especially in the way the trees are rendered, suggests the approximate date of this drawing combining some of the motifs most favoured by Van de Velde.

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