JACOB ELIAS LA FARGUE | THE ZUIDWEST BINNENSINGEL IN THE HAGUE, WITH THE CITY OF DELFT IN THE DISTANCE
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January 29, 05:09 PM GMT
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5,000 - 7,000 USD
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JACOB ELIAS LA FARGUE
Voorburg 1735 - in or after 1778
THE ZUIDWEST BINNENSINGEL IN THE HAGUE, WITH THE CITY OF DELFT IN THE DISTANCE
Pen and brown ink and watercolor and gouache, over black chalk, within brown ink framing lines;
signed and dated, lower right: JE La Fargue / 1763, and inscribed, in black ink, verso: Gezicht in den Haag van de Zuijdwest binne Cingel op Delft ziende
255 by 361 mm; 10 by 12¼ in
Johan van der Linden van Slingeland (1701-1782), Dordrecht,
his sale, Dordrecht, Yver and Delfos, 22 August 1785 ff, lot A 9;
sale, Dordrecht, Mak, 9-10 October 1906, lot 396;
sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 30 November 1987, lot 134;
with Gebr. Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam;
private collection, The Netherlands
Our knowledge of both the topography and the daily life of many Dutch cities, towns and villages during the middle part of the 18th century is to a considerable extent due to the artistic efforts of the three La Fargue brothers, Paulus Constantijn (1729-1782), Jacob Elias (1735-after 1778) and Karel (1738-1793). (See also lot 103.)
Here, we see the Zuid-West-Binnensingel of The Hague, looking from the north, with Delft in the distance. As Charles Dumas has kindly informed us, when it was in the Van Slingeland collection, the drawing had a pendant, a view of the Prinsessegracht in The Hague, which was lot A 10 in the 1785 sale. We are also most grateful to him for providing us with the early provenance of the present work.
Like many topographical drawings of its time, this watercolor provided the basis for a print, made by Pierre Fouquet, Junior.