DOI chapter:
The Works of Minderhout Hobbema
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MINDERHOUT HOBBEMA.
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gray horse, behind whom is a coach and pair, which is followed
by two domestics. The remaining person to be noticed in the
picture is a peasant, who is occupied behind a woodshed
standing on some waste ground in the left. The aspect is that
of fine weather, although uncertain in its continuation, as
masses of rolling clouds ssoat majestically above the trees.
3 ft. 1 in. by Aft. 3 in.—C.
This capital production is remarkable for the firmness and preci-
sion of the execution, and for the rich empasto os colour with which
every part is painted ; the fore-ground, in particular, is admirably
broken, and varied with herbage and other incidental objects ; if
the gradations were more carefully preserved, and the light carried
more freely among the trees, it might be placed among the artist’s
best works. The figures are by the pencil of Lingelbach.
Collection of the late Duke de Berri; exposed for private sale at
Messrs. Christie and Manson’s rooms in 1834. Price 1400Z.; unsold.
108. The Anglers. The view exhibits a finely-wooded
country, with a river winding through it, and ssowing along the
front-ground, the bank of which, in front, is strengthened with
wickers, and fringed with bushes, ssags, and other weeds; some
timber also lies on its bank. A boat containing three persons
is on the water, and two men stand on the bank, fishing: in
addition to these, may be observed a man and a boy at some
distance off, passing near a grove of trees. This is an excel-
lent production of the master.
1 st. 9 in. by 2ft. 3 in.—P.
Formerly in the collection of William D. Acraman, Esq., from
whom it passed, through the hands of Mr. J. Woodin and Mr.
Emmerson, to Mr. O’Niel.
Now in the collection of Edward Lloyd, Esq., Manchester.
109. A View in the neighbourhood of a Dutch Village,
composed, on the left, of a line of oak trees on some rising
ground, on the farther side of which is a low cottage; and
still more retired are two other cottages, partly concealed by
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gray horse, behind whom is a coach and pair, which is followed
by two domestics. The remaining person to be noticed in the
picture is a peasant, who is occupied behind a woodshed
standing on some waste ground in the left. The aspect is that
of fine weather, although uncertain in its continuation, as
masses of rolling clouds ssoat majestically above the trees.
3 ft. 1 in. by Aft. 3 in.—C.
This capital production is remarkable for the firmness and preci-
sion of the execution, and for the rich empasto os colour with which
every part is painted ; the fore-ground, in particular, is admirably
broken, and varied with herbage and other incidental objects ; if
the gradations were more carefully preserved, and the light carried
more freely among the trees, it might be placed among the artist’s
best works. The figures are by the pencil of Lingelbach.
Collection of the late Duke de Berri; exposed for private sale at
Messrs. Christie and Manson’s rooms in 1834. Price 1400Z.; unsold.
108. The Anglers. The view exhibits a finely-wooded
country, with a river winding through it, and ssowing along the
front-ground, the bank of which, in front, is strengthened with
wickers, and fringed with bushes, ssags, and other weeds; some
timber also lies on its bank. A boat containing three persons
is on the water, and two men stand on the bank, fishing: in
addition to these, may be observed a man and a boy at some
distance off, passing near a grove of trees. This is an excel-
lent production of the master.
1 st. 9 in. by 2ft. 3 in.—P.
Formerly in the collection of William D. Acraman, Esq., from
whom it passed, through the hands of Mr. J. Woodin and Mr.
Emmerson, to Mr. O’Niel.
Now in the collection of Edward Lloyd, Esq., Manchester.
109. A View in the neighbourhood of a Dutch Village,
composed, on the left, of a line of oak trees on some rising
ground, on the farther side of which is a low cottage; and
still more retired are two other cottages, partly concealed by