View of Heemstede, 1779
Jacob Catsexpand_more
Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, on white laid paperexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more 69.99
Not on Viewexpand_more
The Dutch artist Jacob Cats specialized in landscape, often executing paintings and drawings of this subject in meticulous detail. Here he depicted a wooded street in Heemstede, a small village five kilometers south of Haarlem. Cats represents the dappled light coming through the trees on a bright, sunny day to beautiful effect. Humorously, a dapper figure is caught by the artist in the act of relieving himself against a brick wall on the left. Otherwise it is a sleepy afternoon. A pair of shepherds guide a flock of sheep along the road, some laundry dries on a line, and small groups of men gather in the shade to smoke and chat.
/// We are grateful to Gajus Scheltema for clarifying the date and provenance of this drawing.
Details
- Title
- View of Heemstede
- Artist Life
- 1741 - 1799
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 69.99
- Provenance
- Daniel de Jongh, Rotterdam (until d. 1809; his sale, J. van Baalen, Rotterdam, March 12-24, 1810, Konstboek L, no. 20, for f60, to Muys). [J.H. de Bois, Haarlem, in 1946]. [Piet (d. 1974) and Nellie (d. 1960) de Boer, Amsterdam, until 1969; sold, to Mia, for $939]
- Curator Approved
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