Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Master Works on Paper from Five Centuries
Property from the Collection of the late Dr. J.W. Niemeijer
Egbert van Drielst
Wooded landscape at Elswout, with a fisherman and his dog
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5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Property from the Collection of the late Dr. J.W. Niemeijer
Egbert van Drielst
Groningen 1746 - 1818 Amsterdam
Wooded landscape at Elswout, with a fisherman and his dog
Black chalk and grey wash, within pen and brown ink framing lines;
signed, dated and inscribed in pen and brown ink, verso: Op de. Hofstede, Elswoud buijten Haarlem / E. van. Drielst 1795
360 by 500 mm
The estate at Elswout was owned from 1781 until 1805 by Jacob Boreel, who had the park transformed into an English-style landscape garden, which soon became a source of inspiration for many landscapists, including van Drielst. Between 1792 and 1796, the artist made a number of drawings, watercolours and paintings of various locations on the estate, four of which were engraved by Hendrik Schwegman in 1794, and also executed wall paintings in the house itself.1 In 1805, the estate was sold to the financier, Willem Borski.
Although van Drielst had studied in Haarlem, with Hendrik Meijer, and worked at Elswout, most of his landscape drawings depict heavily wooded locations in the province of Drenthe, in the north east of the Netherlands, to the point that he gained the soubriquet, the 'Drentse Hobbema.' This nickname was surely a reference not only to his preferred subjects but also to his abilities, as van Drielst's landscape drawings and watercolours are some of the most accomplished and atmospheric of his time.
Regarding provenance, see also note to lot 58.
1. B. Gerlagh and E. Koolhaas-Grosveld, Egbert van Drielst 1745-1818, Zwolle 1995, pp. 67-8, 88, 92-3, 125, figs. 54, 56, 88-9, 94-97, 117; and sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 14 May 2003, lot 205