Lot 118: Jacobus van Looy (Dutch, 1855-1930)

Kerkhof in Tanger inscribed 'Tanger.' (lower left) pen and black ink and black chalk heightened with white on paper 23.5 x 41.5 cm. Executed circa 1886 PROVENANCE The artist's estate, Sale on the Premises, Paul Brandt Haarlem, 25 January 1949, lot 153 (where dated circa 1901-1902). LITERATURE R. Bionda a.o., De schilders van Tachtig. Nederlandse Schilderkunst 1880-1895, Zwolle/Amsterdam, 1991, p. 220, no. 85, ill. E. Scheepers and C. Will, Looy met den noorderzon, weg!! De reizen van Jacobus van Looy, Zutphen, 1998, p. 88, ill. EXHIBITION Amsterdam, Arti & Amicitiae, IVe Jaarlijksche Tentoonstelling der Nederlandsche Etsclub, August 1890, no. 59. Haarlem, Museum Huis van Looy, Herdenkings Tentoonstelling, September 1955, no. 66. Leiden, Stedelijk Museum de Lakenhal, Tentoonstelling Tijdgenoten van Floris Verster, Summer 1957, no. 126. Amsterdam, Van Gogh Museum, De Schilders van Tachtig. Nederlandse Schilderkunst 1880-1895, 1 March-26 May 1991, no. 85. NOTES After winning the Prix de Rome in 1884, the artist was able to travel for two years to Italy, Spain and Maroc. During his stay in this country, he also spent some time in Tanger. In a letter to his teacher Auguste Alleb‚ he enthousiastically described his impressions as follows: "'t Zijn allemaal schilderijen ook van kleur, komt me voor. Dan weer vrouwen die hun zondag doorbrengen al keuvelend op de graven van mannen of familiebetrekkingen, bij mekaar gehurkt als spooksels op een mooie grond tussen stekelige alo‚'s." (See R. Bionda, op.cit., p. 220).