Live Auction 3052The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part II. Dutch and Flemish Drawings from 1500-1900
Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (Amsterdam 1782-1810)
Lot 37

Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (Amsterdam 1782-1810)

The garden at Vreugdehof with the Amstel river beyond, seen from the house

Closed10 December 2014

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Wouter Johannes van Troostwijk (Amsterdam 1782-1810)
The garden at Vreugdehof with the Amstel river beyond, seen from the house
signed, inscribed and dated 'op Vreugdenhof aan den Amsteldijk uit het huis te Zien WJ van Troostwijk 1805.' (verso)
black chalk and watercolour, on ledger paper, black ink framing lines
7 1/8 x 8¾ in. (18.1 x 22 cm.); and three further drawings by the same hand:
a. Study of a grazing cow (pl. 6)
b. A cow lying down (pl. 7), and
c. Studies of sheep (pl. 7) (4)

purchased in Amsterdam by I.Q. van Regteren Altena in September 1930 for 60 guilders (Inventory book: '1021. t. W. J. v. Troostwijk Vreugdenhof').

Specialist note

The countryhouse 'Vreugdehof' on the river Amstel in the South of Amsterdam was owned by the artist's father. It was later demolished and on its site was erected the elderly home 'Vreugdehof'.

Troostwijk is known to have been working with his friend and fellow-artist Christiaan Andriessen (1775-1846), who depicted both of them working in his studio on 20 June 1805 in his drawn diary (Stadsarchief, Amsterdam, inv. no. 30096/5066). On Troostwijk's work, see E. Koolhaas-Grosfeld and E. van Uitert, Wouter van Troostwijk 1782-1810, schilder, tekenaar en etser, The Hague, 1998.