Dutch School (19th Century) Drawing

Artist: Dutch School (19th Century) Signed G. H. Göbell f.
Title: A Traveller with his companion.
Medium: Black chalk, ink and wash on blue paper.
Image Size: Height 22 cm x Width 27.5 cm. (Note: this item is not framed but is mated with acid-free mount board).
Condition: Commensurate with age, some minor paper toning, a few small stains but nothing that distracts to paper.
Provenance: Private Collection The Netherlands.

About: Many artists through 19th-century Dutch art explored the genre of the everyday person in a desire to become relevant to the growing middle class. Travellers, farmers and tavern owners were used as modes to social comment on the people and economic activities of the day.

This drawing is a working study of a common genre that portrayed the activities of the people. Artists often produced similar works to create a reference for larger pieces predominantly paintings.