Lot 144: Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague)

Esaias van de Velde (Amsterdam 1587-1630 The Hague) A river landscape with a windmill black chalk, black chalk framing lines, fragmentary watermark 5¼ x 7 in. (13.3 x 17.8 cm.)

13.3 x 17.8 cm.

G.S. Keyes, Esaias van de Velde 1587-1630, Doornspijk, 1984, no. D. 93, pl. 102.

Baron Prisse, Huis de Hondsdonk, Ulvenhout (as Avercamp, according to I.Q. van Regteren Altena's collection notes).

Originally part of the same sketchbook as the previous lot. Keyes felt that the present drawing was one of the most ambitious and successful in the sketchbook. He suggested that the location may be The Hague, comparing it to Jan van Goyen's Panoramic View of The Hague (1652; H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen 1596-1656: Ein Oeuvreverzeichnis, Amsterdam, 1973, II, no. 329). If so, the church seen in the distance of the present drawing can be identified as the Sint-Jacobskerk, The Hague.