Ships on a river with a village and a town beyond

Details

ALLAERT VAN EVERDINGEN (ALKMAAR 1621-1675 AMSTERDAM)
Ships on a river with a village and a town beyond
black chalk, brush and watercolour, pen and brown ink framing lines
9.8 x 13.6 cm (3 7/8 x 5 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Probably Johann Edler Goll van Franckenstein Senior (1722-1785), Amsterdam; by inheritance to his son,
Johan Goll van Franckenstein Junior (1756-1821), Amsterdam (L. 2987, also used by his father, with the number ‘N.o 1175’ and with the inscription ’25. 2 stuks’); by inheritance probably to his son,
Pieter Hendrik Goll van Franckenstein (1787-1832), Amsterdam.
Private collection, the Netherlands.

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Lot Essay

As suggested by the inscription on the verso, this finely executed and well-preserved miniature waterolour probably had a pendant in a contrasting landscape by Van Everdingen, such as a winterscape. This unidentified pendant may have carried the artist’s usual monogram (as may be the case for numerous other drawings made in pairs or larger series; see, for instance, A.I. Davies, The Drawings of Allart van Everdingen. A Complete Catalogue, Including the Studies for Reynard the Fox, Doornspijk, 2007, nos. 377-379, ill.). The drawing was among the large number of sheets by Van Everdingen owned by members of the famous family collection Goll van Franckenstein (see Davies, op. cit., p. 26).

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