Lot 21
  • 21

Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalcke Haarlem 1611 - 1671

Estimate
700 - 900 EUR
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Description

  • Cornelis Symonsz. van der Schalcke
  • river landscape with a thatched cottage
  • bears numbering in brown ink, verso: N 56
  • point of the brush and brown and grey wash over black chalk, within black chalk and brown ink framing lines

Condition

A) Unframed. A horizontal crease along the upper edge of the sheet. There are some very small light stains in the upper corners, and a little surface dirt. The overall condition, however is quite good. B) Unframed. A diagonal crease across the upper corners, and some abrasion to the lower right corner. A very small nick at the centre of the upper edge. Some slight surface dirt. Otherwise the condition is fine, and the media is still strong.
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Catalogue Note

A series of drawings by van der Schalcke, sharing the same media and dimensions as the present sheet, similarly numbered on the verso, and all probably originating from the same a sketchbook, was sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby Mak van Waay, 18 November 1980 (lots 52, 68-9, 85, 89, 102, 128, 134-5).

Offered together with a drawing of Jan van der Meer the Younger (Haarlem 1656-1705), herders with their animals in an italianate landscape, signed and dated in black chalk, l.l.: J. v der meer/de jonge .f. 1688, grey wash over black chalk, within black chalk framing lines, 282 x 432 mm.

Provenance: C.Kramm (L.581)