Pieterpietersz. Iii Barbiers

Pieter Pietersz. Barbiers (Amsterdam 1749-1842) A wooded landscape with children playing near a cottage signed 'PBarbiers' (lower centre) oil on canvas 76.8 x 102.5 cm. Provenance with P.A. Scheen, The Hague. Anonymous sale; Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 5 May 1973, lot 4. with Borzo, Den Bosch. Literature P.A. Scheen, Lexicon Nederlandse beeldende kunstenaars1750-1950, The Hague, 1969, I, plate 58.

LOT 695 PIETER PIETERSZ. BARBIERS AMSTERDAM 1749 - 1842 WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH PEASANTS, AND A DOG ON A BRIDGE Black chalk and gray wash on japan paper 5,000—7,000 USD 347 by 299 mm; 13 5/8 by 11 3/4 in Jhr. Johann Goll van Franckenstein (L.2987, with his numberingN318);Matthias Komor (L.1882a)

signed lower left: P. BARBIERS. oil on canvas, unframed PROVENANCE Louis Durr (1821-1880), New York; The collection of the New-York Historical Society; Their sale, New York, Sotheby's, 12 January 1995, lot 120. LITERATURE AND REFERENCES Catalogue of the Gallery of the New York Historical Society, New York 1915, p. 116, no. D-155. CATALOGUE NOTEPieter Pietersz. Barbiers, who painted several ensembles of wall decorations, such as for a room at the Haarlem City Archives, was mainly active as a painter and draughtsman of landscapes. He predominantly painted views of Drenthe, Brabant and surroundings of Haarlem. Many drawings and watercolours, landscapes as well as studies for birds and animals have been preserved. Barbiers is often called the 'Drenthse Hobbema', because his motifs and compositions are greatly indebted to his well-known predecessor. Like Meindert Hobbema, Barbiers painted wooded scenes with houses, sandy or muddy roads with additional staffage. Even more reminiscent of Hobbema are the finely painted imposing trees with their compact contours, as well as the type of landscape: this woodland scene shows a rather dense and closed off forest to the left, and an extensive, hilly view on the right, which draws the viewer into the composition.