Lot 160: Charles Howard Hodges British, 1764-1837 , A portrait of Cornelis Johannes Kneppelhout (1778-1818), the magistrate of the city of Gorinchem, a well known Dutch jurist and writer. Kneppelhout was the father of the renown writer Johannes Kneppelhout

To be dated 1800-1801 all pastel on paper in their original frames

oval, 27 by 21.5 cm. (3)

A.C.A.W. Baron van der Feltz, Charles Howard Hodges 1764-1837, Assen 1982, p.219, cat.no. 380 en 381, p.181, cat.no 291, all illustratedWe wish to thank Baron van der Feltz, for his kind assistance in cataloguing these works.

Castle Sterkenburg, Driebergen-Rijssenburg, The Netherlands
Thence by descent

THE PROPERTY OF A DUTCH NOBLE FAMILY
Charles Howard Hodges took up pastels after becoming acquainted with Friedrich Tischbein (1750-1812), a protégé of the Stadholder's Court and made many pastel portraits here. Hodges worked in Tischbein's studio on Keizersgracht in Amsterdam in 1788. In the late 1780's and the early 1790's Tischbein's influence is plainly detectable while Hodges developed his unique own style, adding an elegant English accent to it.