Lot Essay
As the artist noted on the verso of this sheet, this tranquil scene was drawn during the ‘four worrisome weeks’ of the Prussian invasion of Amsterdam, between 13 September and 10 October 1787.
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Landscape with cows under a tree
Details
JACOB CATS (ALTONA 1741-1799 AMSTERDAM)
Landscape with cows under a tree
signed, dated and inscribed ‘J: Cats inv et fec/ Ao. 1787/ in de vier benaeude weeken van Amsterdam’, and with inscription ‘Geb. Altona 1741/ Overl. Amsterdam 1799’ and ‘Coll. W. Gruyter/ Amsterdam/ D. Dirksen’ (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash
9 x 12 in. (23 x 30.7 cm)
Landscape with cows under a tree
signed, dated and inscribed ‘J: Cats inv et fec/ Ao. 1787/ in de vier benaeude weeken van Amsterdam’, and with inscription ‘Geb. Altona 1741/ Overl. Amsterdam 1799’ and ‘Coll. W. Gruyter/ Amsterdam/ D. Dirksen’ (verso)
black chalk, pen and brown ink, gray wash
9 x 12 in. (23 x 30.7 cm)
Provenance
Willem Gruyter, Sr. (1763-1831 or 1832), or Willem Gruyter, Jr. (1798-1882), Amsterdam; Amsterdam, 21-22 October 1879, probably in lots 31-49.
Dirk Dirksen (1821-1885), Rotterdam.
Anonymous sale; Doyle, New York, 27 October 1999, lot 2.
Dirk Dirksen (1821-1885), Rotterdam.
Anonymous sale; Doyle, New York, 27 October 1999, lot 2.
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Elizabeth Seigel
Vice President, Specialist, Head of Private and Iconic Collections