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

A river landscape with a windmill

Details

Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)
A river landscape with a windmill
black chalk, black chalk framing lines, fragmentary watermark
5¼ x 7 in. (13.3 x 17.8 cm.)

Provenance

Baron Prisse, Huis de Hondsdonk, Ulvenhout (as Avercamp, according to I.Q. van Regteren Altena's collection notes).

Literature

G.S. Keyes, Esaias van de Velde 1587-1630, Doornspijk, 1984, no. D. 93, pl. 102.

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Lot Essay

Originally part of the same sketchbook as the previous lot.

Keyes felt that the present drawing was one of the most ambitious and successful in the sketchbook. He suggested that the location may be The Hague, comparing it to Jan van Goyen's Panoramic View of The Hague (1652; H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656: Ein Oeuvreverzeichnis, Amsterdam, 1973, II, no. 329). If so, the church seen in the distance of the present drawing can be identified as the Sint-Jacobskerk, The Hague.

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