Property from the Estate of Alvin B. Glaser
Jacob Esselens
Wooded river landscape
Lot Closed
September 23, 02:28 PM GMT
Estimate
1,400 - 1,800 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estate of Alvin B. Glaser
Jacob Esselens
1626 - 1687
Wooded river landscape
Black chalk and grey wash, within black ink framing lines;
bears inscription in brown ink, verso, in a 17th-century hand (visible through backing sheet): van J: Esselens
197 by 310 mm
purchased by the late owner
The wooded landscapes of Jacob Esselens, Simon de Vlieger and Anthonie Waterloo can on occasions be very hard to separate. Although this fluid and accomplished example was sold in 1998 under the name of De Vlieger, the rather precise definition of tree trunks and branches, combined with broad yet delicate grey wash, is extremely comparable to the handling seen in one of the very few signed drawings of this type by Esselens.1 It therefore seems more logical to retain the attribution to Esselens that is inscribed, in a 17th-century hand, on the reverse of the sheet.
1. Sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 21 November 1989, lot 50, also as Simon de Vlieger, but subsequently recognised as being signed with initials JE
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