Thomas Adriaensz. Wyck (Beverwijk circa 1616-1677 Haarlem)

View of buildings beside a river, probably the Tiber (recto); faint traces of a study in black chalk (verso)

Details

Thomas Adriaensz. Wyck (Beverwijk circa 1616-1677 Haarlem)
View of buildings beside a river, probably the Tiber (recto); faint traces of a study in black chalk (verso)

black chalk, grey-brown wash, brown ink framing lines
24.9 x 38.5 cm.

Provenance

Hendrik Croockewit (1784-1863), The Hague; van Pappelendam and Schouten, Amsterdam, 16-17 December 1874, lot 23 ('Both, A. 23. Quelques ruines près du Tibre. À l'encre de Chine').

Literature

J.D. Burke, Jan Both: Paintings, Drawings and Prints, Ph.D., New York and London, 1976, no. D-1, fig. 125 (as Jan Both).

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Amsterdam Museum, In de ban van Italië: Tekeningen uit een Amsterdamse verzameling, 1995, no. 19 (catalogue by I. Oud, M. Jonker and M. Schapelhouman).

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Lot Essay

Executed with brush and grey wash over a sketch in black chalk, this is typical of Wyck's later drawings. The combination of broad washes with precise brushstrokes, mainly used for the rendering of the architecture and the plants growing on it, is especially characteristic.

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