Sold Without Reserve
Sientje Mesdag-van Houten
Ten studies, including depictions of woodland, dunescapes and figure studies
No reserve
Lot Closed
February 2, 07:20 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sientje Mesdag-van Houten
1834 - 1909
Ten studies, including depictions of woodland, dunescapes and figure studies
All black chalk and black lead
The smallest: 227 by 143 mm; 9 by 5⅝ in.
The largest: 435 by 292 mm; 17⅛ by 11½ in.
Mrs L. van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Leiden, 1955;
Hans van Leeuwen;
his sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 10 November 1999, lot 99;
with Otto Naumann Ltd., New York,
their sale, New York, Sotheby's, 25 January 2007, part of lot 129
Sientje Mesdag-van Houten was the wife of the Dutch painter, Hendrik Willem Mesdag (1831-1915), with whom she studied, under the artist Willem Roelofs.
The couple lived and worked in The Hague, close to the beach of Scheveningen which is likely portrayed in some of the drawings that make up this lot. In a previous email communication, Sarah de Clercq, co-author of the monograph on Mesdag-van Houten, noted that the latter drawings are 'very special, because [Mesdag-van Houten did not ]...go that often to the beach to work. In the beginning of her career she used to go sometimes with her husband, but she preferred the landscape around the Veluwe'. These views may well have been used in preparation for Hendrik Mesdag's extraordinary painting in 360 degrees, the Panorama Mesdag, The Hague.1
1. see S. de Clercq and J. Poort, Sientje Mesdag-van Houten: 1834-1909, The Hague 2000, pp. 46-7
You May Also Like
