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Jan Brandes 1743 - 1808
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Jan Brandes
- Sheltering from the Storm
- Watercolor on paper
- 7 7/8 by 12 5/8 in.
- 200 by 321 mm
Provenance
(Sale: Sotheby's, London, May 2 & 3, 1985, lot 216)
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Purchased at the above sale by the present owner
Condition
Not examined out of frame. All edges visible. Hinged with tape to backing. Sheet is slightly abrated from old creases in corner. Some wear to corners. Soft rippling, but colors good and fresh.
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
Jan Brandes was a Lutheran minister with a great talent for watercolors. He was appointed to serve in Batavia (now Jakarta), the capital of the Dutch East India Company in Indonesia. He stayed for six years, ending in 1784, where he drew genre scenes, topographical and ethnographic studies and technical drawings which are now recognized as a valuable record of colonial life in the late eighteenth century. After he left Indonesia, Brandes traveled to Ceylon and then Southern Africa, staying in other Dutch colonial outposts and recording his observations. By 1787, he had settled in Sweden, where he continued to paint watercolors. The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam holds most of his known output of about 600 works.