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Lot 212: Willem Bodeman (Amsterdam 1806-1880 Bussum)

Est: €12,000 EUR - €18,000 EURSold:
Christie'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsJune 23, 2015

Item Overview

Description

Willem Bodeman (Amsterdam 1806-1880 Bussum) A sunlit winter landscape with travellers on a path near Chambery, France signed, annotated and dated 'Bodeman f / Chamberij. / 1843' (lower right) oil on canvas 76 x 100.5 cm. Painted in 1843.

Dimensions

76 x 100.5 cm.

Artist or Maker

Notes

In the tradition of the Grand Tour Willem Bodeman sojourned in 1843-44 to Italy together with his fellow Romantic artist Pierre Louis Dubourcq (1825-1873), pupil of Andreas Schelfhout. They visited places like Rome, Florence, Terni, Tivoli, Odevano and Massa and made numerous drawings and sketches of the Italian countryside. Their route brought them in Germany, France, Switzerland, England and foremost Italy and it is very likely that Bodeman painted the present lot during his travel to Italy. Via Florence, Venice, Munich and Paris they returned to Amsterdam on 18 December 1844. In the art magazine Kunstkronijk Dubourcq published a letter about this trip in which he wrote: '(...) ik heb zeer weinig reisavonturen gehad, zelfs is niet eenmaal een as gebroken (...); geen roovers hebben mij aangevallen of op mij gemikt (...); de buffels en de ossen zijn zeer beleefd voor mij geweest (...); de italiaanse dolken of stilets heb ik gezien noch gevoeld...; kortom, ik heb die 2 jaren gelukkig en vrolijk geleefd, verkwikt door de rijkste bron voor een landschapschilder, de bron, waaruit onze oude landschapschool van de 17e eeuw heen schoon koloriet, fijnen toon, treffende en grootsche compositie geput heeft (...)' (see: P.L. Dubourcq, 'Eenige bijzonderheden omtrent mijne reis in Italië', in: Kunstkronijk, No. 5 (1844-1845), p. 60. The present lot gives the spectator an impression of Bodeman's trip and depicts the landscape and fellow travellers he observed.

Auction Details

Old Masters & 19th century Art - (including Dutch Impressionism)

by
Christie's
June 23, 2015, 02:00 PM CET

Cornelis Schuytstraat 57, Amsterdam, 1071 JG, NL