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Anthonie Erkelens
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Anthonie Erkelens
- a wooden barn on the edge of a village, a windmill and church spire on the horizon
- Pen and brown ink and watercolor, within brown ink framing lines
Provenance
Dr. Heinrich Beckmann, Bremen (L.2756a);
Ernst Jürgen Otto (L.873b);
Saam and Lily Nijstad, The Hague,
their sale ('The Unicorno Collection'), Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 19 May 2004, lot 307
Ernst Jürgen Otto (L.873b);
Saam and Lily Nijstad, The Hague,
their sale ('The Unicorno Collection'), Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 19 May 2004, lot 307
Condition
Framed and nicely mounted. In excellent condition, the paper clear and the watercolour fresh and bright.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
One of a stylistically coherent group of landscape drawings with watercolour, which have only recently come to be attributed to this previously little-known Rotterdam artist. Formerly, these drawings were generally given either to Jacob van Strij or, if they contained figures in 17th-century costume, to Anthonie van Borssom. For two examples of similarly conceived landscapes by Erkelens, see Een kunstkast gaat open; Tekeningen uit de verzameling Teding van Berkhout, exhibition catalogue, Haarlem, Teylers Museum, 1995-6, cat. no. 57, and Travels through Town and Country, Dutch and Flemish Landscape Drawings 1550-1830, exhibition catalogue, Haarlem, Teylers Museum, 2000, cat. no. 96.