Johannes Bosboom artwork • watercolour • drawing • previously for sale Worshipping in the Grote Kerk, Hattem
Johannes Bosboom
Den Haag 1817-1891
1817-1891
Worshipping in the Grote Kerk, Hattem
watercolour on paper 49.5 x 36.0 cm, signed l.r.
This work on paper was previously for sale.
Provenance: coll. Jhr. F.E.M. van Alphen, Den Haag/Brummen; coll. mevr. douairière L.R.J. van Alphen-Hovy, Brummen; veiling Amsterdam, Frederik Muller & Cie., coll. mevr. douairière L.R.J. van Alphen-Hovy', 27 febr. 1900, lotnr. 648 (met afb.); coll. A. Preyer, Den Haag; veiling Kunstzaal Kleykamp, Den Haag, 'Verzameling A. Preyer', 8 april 1918, lotnr. 68 (met afb.); veiling Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 15 okt. 1940, lotnr. 92 (met afb.).
Literature: Amsterdam, Arti & Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling verzameling A. Preyer', 1912, cat.nr. 5; vgl. G.H. Marius, 'Dutch Painters of the 19th Century', Woodbridge 1988, afb. pag. 127.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Arti & Amicitiae, 'Tentoonstelling verzameling A. Preyer', jan.-febr. 1912.
Johannes Bosboom was born in The Hague in 1817 and became apprenticed to the cityscape painter Bart van Hove. He early chose to specialise in church interiors, encouraged in this by the praise he received from his contemporaries. His watercolours and paintings depict hushed church interiors, populated by figures in 17th century dress. As a Hague School artist, he sought to convey the impressions such buildings made on him. At the same time he drew inspiration from the light and atmosphere in the works of the 17th century painters Rembrandt and Emanuel de Witte.
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