Plaque. 1810-1830

English

A Dutch Blue and White Rectangular Plaque, cica 1810 - 1830, Utrecht

Depicting a Winter colfing scene, with figures in conversation donning skates on a frozen lake beside a house om a cliff-top in wooded landscape. Slight shipping to rims.

8,75 x 6 inches; 22,4 x 15,5 cm

The Dutch pictoral tradition of winter landscapes with figures enjoying various activities on the ice was developed by Hendrick Avercamp (1585 - 1634), but it proved a popular subject well into the 19th Century. For a pair of similar plaques made in Utrecht with winter skating scenes and landscapes, emblematic of Summer and Winter, see Robert D. Aronson and Suzanne M.R. Lambooy, Dutch Delftware, Plaques: A Blueprint of Delft. Amsterdam, 2009, p. 47, no. 21.

Provenance

• With J. Baijer, Kunsthandel, Oudegracht, D.59, Utrecht (according to paper label).

• Sotheby's Chester, 15 July 1991, lot 356.

Source

Cataloque 'The Jaime Ortiz-Patino Collection' Origins of Golf, London, Wednesday 30 May 2012, Christies.

Estimate: £ 3,000-5,000 ($ 4,600-7,500; € 3,400-5,600). Price realized £ 3,000 ($ 4,680)