Lot 192
  • 192

Jacob Cats

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7,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jacob Cats
  • a winter view on the vlist
  • Pen and brown ink and brown and grey wash, over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines;
    inscribed, signed and dated in brown ink, verso: aan de Vlist / J: Cats 1788 

Catalogue Note

The Vlist is a small river in the province of South Holland.  It gives its name also to a village, which lies approximately half way between Rotterdam and Utrecht, and the present view may well show the edge of the village of Vlist.

Cats was a great master of the winter landscape, using the tone of his white paper brilliantly to evoke the chilly atmosphere of his lively winter scenes.