Lot 284
  • 284

Pieter Dircksz. Santvoort

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Pieter Dircksz. Santvoort
  • Recto: Rugged landscapeVerso: Landscape study
  • Pen and brown ink and wash, over traces of black chalk (recto); black chalk (verso);bears old attribution in black chalk, verso: A van Breenberghe
  • 193 by 304 mm; 7 5/8  by 12 in

Provenance

Neville Davison Goldsmid (L.1962); 
J.H.J. Mellaert, London/Maastricht;
K.G. Boon, Aerdenhout

Condition

Window mounted in a modern decorative mount. There is some light, scattered foxing to the verso and an old crease/repaired tear(?) to the lower left corner. The sheet has fractionally discoloured, resulting in a narrow band of the sheet (previously covered by a mount) retaining its original colour. The medium retains much of its original strength and vibrancy. Sold in a modern wooden frame.
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.
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Catalogue Note

There are very few surviving drawings by this short-lived but highly innovative Amsterdam artist; the largest documented group, consisting of 15 drawings, was formerly in the Kunsthalle, Bremen, but 13 of those were either destroyed or stolen during the Second World War.  For one of the surviving drawings, see Dessins de Paysagistes Hollandais du XVIIe Siècle, exhibition catalogue, Brussels/Rotterdam/Paris/Berne 1968-9, cat. no. 134, reproduced plate 40.  In that drawing, and also in another sold, Amsterdam, Sotheby's, 10 November 1998, lot 74, the freely handled wash, applied over a rapid black chalk sketch, the trees rapidly outlined with the point of the brush, and the cursory construction of the small buildings, are all rather similar to here.  Another of the drawings formerly in Bremen (inv. 1772, now lost), is dated 1623, emphasising the originality of Santvoort's distinctive landscape style.