Lot 303
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Johannes Evert Akkeringa Dutch, 1861-1942

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Description

  • Johannes Evert Akkeringa
  • a place in the shade near Paleis Noordeinde
  • signed l.r.
  • oil on panel
  • 16 by 21,5 cm.

Provenance

Collection B. de Geus van den Heuvel, Nieuwersluis aan de Vecht
Sale Amsterdam (Sotheby Mak van Waay), Amsterdam 26 and 27 April 1976, lot 222
Kunsthandel P.A. Scheen, The Hague, 1976

Exhibited

Schiedam, Gemeentemuseum, 1952,1953, no. 1
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Tijdgenoten van Floris Verster, 1957, no. 2
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Van Romantiek tot Amsterdamse School, 1957, no. C106
Laren, Singer Museum, Keuze uit de collectie B. de Geus van den Heuvel, 1964, no. 58

Literature

P.A. Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse Beeldende Kunstenaars 1750-1880, The Hague 1981, no. 752 illustrated in colour
Tableau, 8 November 1985, p. 51 illustrated

Catalogue Note

One of Akkeringa’s specialisations was the depiction of sunny, summery scenes in and around The Hague like, for instance, a mother with her children in the dunes, a well-shadowed garden with lodgers, net-menders and fisherman’s carts on the beach. Akkeringa places the figures in a lively play of light and shadow and manages to characterise them with a quick brushstroke. Here, Akkeringa chose for a town scene: the small park across Paleis Noordeinde with a polygonal wooden bench in the shade of a large chestnut. In The Hague, this bench was a well-known place where stamp collectors would meet on Saturdays to trade and buy.