George Hendrik Breitner artwork • watercolour • drawing • for sale Cavalry
George Hendrik Breitner
Rotterdam 1857-1923 Amsterdam
1857-1923
Cavalry
watercolour on paper 25.8 x 33.8 cm, signed l.r. and painted ca. 1905
This work on paper is for sale.
price range: € 10,000 - € 15,000
Provenance: coll. J. Hidde Nijland (1853-1931), Dordrecht.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Frans Buffa & Zonen, 'Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner', 1928, inv.nr. 6600, cat.nr. 7.
Exhibited: 's-Gravenhage, Kunsthandel Kleykamp, juni 1928, cat.nr. 31; Amsterdam, Kunsthandel Frans Buffa & Zonen, 'Tentoonstelling G.H. Breitner', nov.-dec. 1928.
Breitner was a great impressionist, especially in his watercolours. This work was part of the major Breitner exhibition at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag in 1928. The painter was fascinated by horses and their riders, and capturing cavalry exercises was one of his most beloved subjects.
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