A wooded landscape with figures by a pond

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Hendrik Gerrit ten Cate (Amsterdam 1803-1856)
A wooded landscape with figures by a pond
with inscription 'Coll v d Duchesse [?] v Brussel [?]/ [...] 30 mei 1826/ no 69 H G ten Cate/ N? 28.' (verso)
black chalk, point of the brush and grey wash, partial black chalk framing lines, fragmentary watermark with letter H
14 7/8 x 13¼ in. (37.6 x 33.7 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 November 1973, lot 229 (as James de Rijk).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 4 July 2006, lot 76 (as James de Rijk).

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Lot Essay

The impression of silvery light filtering through the foliage, creating a play of light and shade on the bark of the trees in the foreground, is characteristic of Ten Cate's landscape drawings. The present drawing can be compared to a signed drawing, dated 1833, of the gate of Zuilenstein Castle near Amerongen, with a similar rendering of the trees, now in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. RP-T-1889-A-2005)

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