Lot 92
Anthonie Waterloo
Lille 1609 - 1690 Utrecht
A wooded riverbank with a man and his horse at the river's edge
Watercolour and gouache and oiled black chalk within pen and black ink framing lines;
signed with artist's monogram, lower right: AW and bears attribution in black chalk, verso: A Waterloo
340 by 295 mm; 13⅜ by 11⅝ in.
Condition Report
Provenance
E. Calando (L.837), collector's mark stamped twice, recto and verso
Catalogue note
Anthonie Waterloo hardly made any oil paintings, and specialised almost entirely in making works on paper (both drawings and prints). His drawings include some of the most technically original landscapes of his time, in particular the small group of works to which this fine example belongs. Here, the artist employs a highly unusual combination of watercolour, gouache, oiled charcoal and coloured chalks, to create an extremely atmospheric effect that seems almost to anticipate the works of the French impressionists, created more than 200 years later. These fascinating coloured drawings by Waterloo are mostly in the collections of major European museums, and hardly ever appear on the market.