Lot 68: ABRAHAM DE VERWER HAARLEM 1585 - 1650 AMSTERDAM

A FISHING VILLAGE IN THE DUNES, WITH FIGURES BY A BEACHED BOAT IN THE FOREGROUND

measurements note
152 by 382mm

inscribed with an extensive letter in a 17th-century hand on the verso
pen and grey and brown ink and grey wash, within brown ink framing lines

PROVENANCE

Acquired from P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., 1962

NOTE

Many of De Verwer's coastal scenes seem to be imaginary, but others depict real views. The latter include an important group of topographical views along the coasts of France, Flanders and the Netherlands, in the British Museum (see A. M. Hind, Catalogue of Drawings by Dutch and Flemish Artists...in the British Museum, vol. IV, London 1931, pp. 89-90, plate LIII). The present drawing, though more freely executed than those in the British Museum, surely also represents a real view, probably a village in the dunes of Holland. In technique and format, this drawing is extremely typical of De Verwer's work.