Live Auction 3054The I.Q. van Regteren Altena Collection Part IV
Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)
Lot 200

Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)

A landscape with a group of trees by a river

Closed13 May 2015

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EUR 39,900

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Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)
A landscape with a group of trees by a river
signed 'E v. Velde.' (verso)
traces of black chalk, pen and two shades of brown ink, brown ink framing lines, fragmentary watermark Strasburg lily with letter W
15 x 20 cm.

Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller et Cie, Amsterdam, 22 June 1910, lot 410 (24 guilders to Dirksen & Dirksen).
Anonymous sale; R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, 14 December 1911, lot 1499 (50 guilders).
with R.W.P. de Vries, Amsterdam, Catalogue 1924, no. 562.

Specialist note

According to Keyes (op. cit.), the present drawing dates from the early 1620's. Stylistically it is close to A river landscape with a shepherd driving sheep up a rise towards houses, which is dated 1620 (lot 201).