Allaert van Everdingen

Oudermoole Collection, sale 1771, portfolio A no. 3;
probably Jan Jansz. Gildemeester (1744-1799), Amsterdam, sale, 1800, in portfolio U, no. 9 (with another);
Willem Frederik Piek (1838-1916), Amsterdam, sale, 1897, lot 90;
Pieter Langerhuizen Lzn. (1839-1918), Amsterdam, sale, Amsterdam, F. Muller, 29 April-1 May 1919, lot 267;
A.W. Volz, The Hague, sale 1947, lot 393;
Dr. H.C. Valkema Blouw (1883-1953), Amsterdam, sale, Amsterdam, F. Muller, 2 March 1954, lot 145 (reproduced);
Dr. Einar Perman (1893-1976), Stockholm,
by descent to the present owners

Laren, Singer Museum, Oude Tekeningen uit de Nederlanden. Verzameling Prof. E. Perman, Stockholm, 1962, cat. 40

A.I. Davies, The Drawings of Allart van Everdingen, Doornspijk 2007, p. 270, cat. 247

Though so many 17th-century Dutch artists made the journey to Italy, Everdingen was one of very few to travel in the opposite direction, to Norway. According to the early biographer, Arnold Houbraken, this journey, apparently undertaken in 1644, was actually accidental: the artist was on a ship bound for the Baltic that was driven much further north by terrible storms. Be that as it may, Everdingen made numerous drawings of the rugged scenery that he encountered in the fjords, which would provide him with subjects and motifs that he used in his paintings, drawings and prints for the rest of his life.

The drawing provided the basis for one of the highly deceptive prints in imitation of drawings, made and published by Cornelis Ploos van Amstel (1726-1798) and his successor Christiaan Josi between the 1760s and 1821.  According to Hollstein, the print after this drawing, though only published by Josi in 1821, was made by Jurriaan Cootwijk (1714-1798).