Andreas Schelfhout Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Andreas Schelfhout Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 19, 2025
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (1787-1870) (TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO)
Est: €100 - €200
Port. Mountains. Pencil, watercolour. A set of three. We join: Jozef Jodocus Moerentorf (1801-1875), Winter face with sled. Brush in brown ink, washed. Signed in ink. Provenance: Bauweraerts. Tot.: 4 pieces. Description FR Port. Montagnes. Crayon, aquarelle. Un lot de trois. On joint: Jozef Jodocus Moerentorf (1801-1875), Paysage d'hiver avec traîneau. Pinceau à l'encre brune, lavis. Signé à l'encre. Provenance: Bauweraerts Tot.: 4 ex. Beschrijving NL Haven. Gebergte. Potlood, aquarel. Een lot van drie. Bijgevoegd: Jozef Jodocus Moerentorf (1801-1875), Winters gezicht met slee. Penseel in bruine inkt, gewassen. Getekend in inkt. Herkomst: Bauweraerts Tot.: 4 ex.
Bernaerts Auctioneers
Jun. 19, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870) Summer landscape with windmills on the river Vliet near The Hague, signed "A Schelfhout" lower left, oil on panel, modern reproduction swept gilded frame, 41.5 x 51.5cm.Provenance: Gallery label on reverse for MacConnal-Mason & Son Ltd, London.
Martel Maides
Jun. 18, 2025
SCHELFHOUT, ANDREAS (1787-1870). VISSER BIJ EEN RIVIER IN HET BOS
Est: €80 - €150
(Title Rijksmuseum Amsterdam RP-P-1939-694). Etching, 1815. Signed in upper left corner of the plate : 'Schelfhout f[ecit] eerste plaatje 1815'. Image 5.8 x 4.6 cm. Framed under glass in passe-partout by lijstenmakerij Monart, total size 35 x 26 cm. Early etching by the Dutch master, made in the year he established his first independent studio. Very rare. In good condition.
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Jun. 18, 2025
SCHELFHOUT, ANDREAS (1787-1870). MAN AND DONKEY ON BRIDGE
Est: €100 - €200
(Rijksmuseum RP-P-1885-A-9853: 'Man en ezel op brug'). Lithograph, ca. 1823 (Moulijn 104). Signed in lower left margin: 'S. Schelfhout/bij mij aan huis achteren'. 19.3 x 21.6 cm. Framed. Sl. foxed.
Zwiggelaar Auctions
Jun. 17, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout: painting (o/p) 'animated winter landscape'
Est: €28,000 - €30,000
Andreas Schelfhout: painting (o/p) 'animated winter landscape'
Veilinghuis Loeckx
May. 28, 2025
Schelfhout, Adriaen (1787 – 1870) „Landscape with a Shepherd”
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oil, canvas, signed lower left on a stone: A. Schelfhout
Nagyhazi Gallery and Auction House
May. 21, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
Summer landscape with two resting hunters and a man with his donkey, signed 'A Schelfhout f' (lower right), oil on panel, 32x43 cm, Provenance:-Auction, Vendu Notarishuis, Rotterdam, 12 June 1978, lot 247. -Auction, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 26 April 1999, lot 265. -With Kunsthandel A.H. Bies, Eindhoven (label attached to the frame),
Venduehuis der Notarissen
May. 17, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout, Winter Landscape with a Tower
Est: €7,000 - €10,000
Andreas Schelfhout, Winter Landscape with a Tower
Lempertz
May. 11, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout
Est: €360 - €720
(1787 Den Haag - 1870 ebenda) Umkreis Holländische Fischer am Strand Spätromantische, atmosphärisch gestimmte, idyllisierende Szene mit einer Gruppe von Fischern, Fischersfrauen und Hunden vor einer ruhigen, sommerlich heiteren Bucht eines kleinen Hafenortes mit angelandeten Fischerbooten sowie einem Dreimaster im Hintergrund. Schelfhout prägte sowohl durch seine Gemälde (u. a. Strandszenen mit Fischern) selbst, als auch durch seine Schüler wie Charles Leickert und Wijnand Nuijen, die niederländische Landschaftsmalerei seiner Zeit. Öl/Lwd.; 46 cm x 60 cm. Rahmen. Circle of Andreas Schelfhout (1787 - 1870). Oil on canvas.
Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden
Apr. 28, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
(The Hague 1787–1870) Winter Pleasures, signed, dated A. Schelfhout (18)52, oil on panel, 17 x 22 cm, framed Künstlerhaus label 1894, 2087 confirmed by Nikolaus Domes, MA. Provenance: Private Collection, Czech Republic.
Dorotheum
Apr. 17, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout
Est: -
Andreas Schelfhout (L'AIA 1787 - 1870). Paesaggio del canale al chiaro di luna, '41, con cornice. Olio su tavola, firma e data in basso a sinistra. cm30x37
Eurantico Casa d'Aste
Mar. 29, 2025
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (1787-1870, IN THE MANNER OF): WINTER LANDSCAPE WITH SKATERS, OIL ON PANEL, 19TH/20TH C.
Est: €80 - €120
Work: 33,5 x 26,5 cm Frame: 58 x 50,5 cm
Coronari Auctions
Mar. 27, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 Den Haag – 1870 ebenda , zugeschrieben/ Kreis des
Est: €680 - €800
NIEDERLÄNDISCHE WINTERLANDSCHAFT Öl auf Holz. 19 x 26,5 cm. In dekorativem Rahmen. Blick auf einen zugefrorenen See mit mehreren Schlittschuhläufern und einem Schlitten. Rechtsseitig am Ufer ein kleines Dorf mit einer großen Windmühle, während im Hintergrund am Horizont weitere Häuser eines Ortes unter hohem Himmel, der fast drei Viertel des Bildes einnimmt, zu erkennen sind. Der Himmel in einem blauen und einem ockerfarbenen Farbton, das Licht der untergehenden Sonne an einem Wintertag vermittelnd. (14301566) (18) (14301566) (18)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Mar. 26, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870) Winter landscape with windmill
Est: £6,000 - £8,000
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870) Winter landscape with windmill signed 'A Schelfhout f' (lower left) oil on panel 27 x 31cm (10 5/8 x 12 3/16in).
Bonhams
Mar. 26, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870)
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870) An estuary scene with a windmill, boats and figures signed 'A Schelfhout' (lower right) oil on panel 17 x 22cm Provenance: MacConnal-Mason & Son, Ltd., London Schelfhout was a great advocate of en plein air sketching and travelled to England in 1835 to study the work of John Constable. It is very likely that this intimate study, with its spontaneous execution and attention to the clouds, was influenced by the British master. Schelfhout himself was to be hugely influential, teaching and inspiring the next generation of Dutch landscapists such as Charles Leickert and Johan-Barthold Jongkind.
Cheffins
Mar. 22, 2025
SCHELFHOUT, Andreas, ATTRIBUIERT (A. Sch.: 1787-1870), Ice pleasures in front of the village,
Est: €1,200 - €3,000
SCHELFHOUT, Andreas, ATTRIBUIERT (A. Sch.: 1787-1870), ‘Eisvergnügen vor dem Dorf’, unsigned, oil/canvas mounted on wood, HxW: approx. 15x23 cm (28x35 cm with frame). Signs of age and wear, restored and partially retouched. With frame (slightly damaged). VERSO collection no. 7 in circle and label with inscription. Frame with plaque with artist's inscription.
Auktionshaus Eppli
Mar. 12, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €400 - €600
Wooden jetty , signed 'A. Sc' (lower right), watercolour on paper, unframed, 18,5x21,5 cm,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Mar. 01, 2025
Schelfhout Andreas - Beach scene
Est: €9,000 - €12,000
Oil on panel - Sig.
De Vuyst
Feb. 22, 2025
Schelfhout, Andreas (The Hague 1787 - 1870 ibid., Dutch landscape painter, one of the pioneers of the Hague School, favoured motifs winter and coastal landscapes),
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Schelfhout, Andreas (The Hague 1787 - 1870 ibid., Dutch landscape painter, one of the pioneers of the Hague School, favoured motifs winter and coastal landscapes), "Schneevergnügen", Oil on panel, signed lower left A. Schelfhout f., 28.5 x 38 cm, old restoration Schelfhout, Andreas (Den Haag 1787 - 1870 ebenda, niederländischer Landschaftsmaler, zählt zu den Vorreitern der Haager Schule, bevorzugte Motive Winter- und Küstenlandschaften), "Schneevergnügen", Öl auf Holz, signiert unten links A. Schelfhout f., 28.5 x 38 cm, altrestauriert
Auktionshaus Plückbaum
Feb. 22, 2025
Andreas SCHELFHOUT (1787-1870), Winterlandschaft mit Eisläufern auf einem zugefrorenen Teich, dahint
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Andreas SCHELFHOUT (1787-1870), Winterlandschaft mit Eisläufern auf einem zugefrorenen Teich, dahinter ein Dorf, signiert, Öl/Holz, 54 x 62 cm / Andreas SCHELFHOUT (1787-1870), Winter landscape with ice skaters on a frozen pond, with a village behind them, signed, oil/wood, 54 x 62 cm
Auktionshaus Mars
Feb. 04, 2025
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870), winter landscape with ice skaters, 1837, oil on panel 46 x 77 cm. (18.1 x 30.3 in.), Frame: 60 x 90 cm. (23.6 x 35.4 in.)
Est: €4,000 - €6,000
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870), winter landscape with ice skaters, 1837, oil on panel Signed to the bottom right corner.
Carlo Bonte Auctions
Dec. 21, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout Oil/Panel "Cottage on Lake"
Est: $100 - $1,000
Andreas Schelfhout, Netherlands (1787 - 1870) oil on wood panel "Cottage on Lake" Signed and dated 1829 lower left. Good antique condition. Measures 7-1/2" x 10-1/2". frame measures 17-3/4" x 20-3/4". JD/B13/SH:14B
Joshua Kodner
Dec. 19, 2024
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (1787 – 1870) Summer Landscape in the Meuse Valley
Est: €12,000 - €14,000
signed 'A. Schelfhout f.' (lower right) oil on panel 69 x 92.5 cm PROVENANCE Gemäldegalerie Abels, Cologne Private collection, Germany EXHIBITED Dordrechts Museum 1955, no. 194 (label on the reverse); Stedelijk Museum, Leiden (label on the reverse, no year). This large-format painting of the Meuse River valley exemplifies Andreas Schelfhout's skill in capturing nature's tranquillity. Andreas Schelfhout, born in The Hague, spent most of his life there, becoming one of the foremost Dutch Romantic painters alongside B. C. Koekkoek. His artistic breakthrough followed a trip to Paris in 1830, after which his works, especially winter scenes depicting icy canals and frozen landscapes, gained widespread acclaim. The artist's summer landscapes are rare, and they also highlight his exceptional talent.
Hermitage Fine Art
Dec. 10, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870) Bedrijvig strandgez…
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870) Bedrijvig strandgezicht met aangemeerde bomschuiten, gesigneerd en gedateerd l.o. '59, olieverf op paneel, 31 x 42 cmProvenance: Veiling, Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 20-23 november 1951, lot 257; Nederlandse Privécollectie
Veilinghuis Van Spengen
Dec. 07, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (niederländisch, 1787 - 1870), Winterlandschaft mit zugefrorenem Fluss, Öl auf Holz, unten links signiert, Lichtmaß: 15 x 23 cm, 24 x 32 cm. Guter, altersgemäßer Zustand.
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Andreas Schelfhout (niederländisch, 1787 - 1870), Winterlandschaft mit zugefrorenem Fluss, Öl auf Holz, unten links signiert, Lichtmaß: 15 x 23 cm, 24 x 32 cm. Guter, altersgemäßer Zustand.
Auktionshaus Demessieur
Dec. 05, 2024
Winter landscape
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Andreas Schelfhout The Hague 1787–1870 Winter landscape signed and dated lower left: A. Schelfhout 50 oil on panel unframed: 21.6 x 29 cm.; 8½ x 11½ in. framed: 43.5 by 50.7 cm.; 17 x 20in.
Sotheby's
Dec. 05, 2024
Schelfhout, Andreas (Den Haag 1787-1870) , zugeschrieben
Est: €1,600 - €1,920
Holländische Winterlandschaft Öl auf Holz. 27×36,5 cm. (Retuschen). R. (61057)
Leo Spik
Dec. 05, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 Den Haag – 1870 ebenda
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
WINTERLICHE FLUSSLANDSCHAFT MIT EISVERGNÜGEN Öl auf Holz. 34 x 48,5 cm. Auf dem Baumstamm signiert „A. Schelfhout“. In blütenverziertem Rahmen mit weißem Passepartoutausschnitt. Zwei zentrale entlaubte Bäume dienen als Größenvergleich für die weite Landschaft mit ihrem Getummel auf dem Eis und einem weiter rechts von der Sonne beschienenem Gebäude, das die Vorhut bildet für ein ganzes Dorf, das weiter Hintem am Ufer des Gewässers zu sehen ist. Schon seit Lebzeiten waren die Landschaften von seiner Hand sehr beliebt. Er malte sie sorgfältig, mit großem technischen Raffinement und mit einem starken Gefühl für anekdotische Details. Schelfhout war einer der größten Spezialisten der holländischen Landschaftsmalerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Seine Gemälde knüpfen sichtbar an die große holländische Tradition des 17. Jahrhunderts an. Zu Schelfhouts Schülern gehörten unter anderem Charles Henry Joseph Leickert (1816-1907), Johan-Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) und Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (1803-1862), Lodewijk Johannes Kleijn (1817-1897) und Nicolaas Johannes Roosenboom (1805-1880). (1420609) (1) (13)
Hampel Fine Art Auctions
Dec. 04, 2024
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (THE HAGUE 1787-1870). Winter landscape. oil on canvas 4
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (THE HAGUE 1787-1870). Winter landscape. oil on canvas 43 ½ x 57 7⁄8 in. (110.5 x 147 cm).
Christie's
Nov. 22, 2024
Schelfhout, Andreas (1787-1870). (Sketches of gothic windows).
Est: €60 - €80
Schelfhout, Andreas (1787-1870). (Sketches of gothic windows). Two drawings, pencil and grey wash, 12x13 and 13x13 cm. (leaf), both monogrammed "AS" in pencil, tipped together on mount.
Bubb > Kuyper: Auctioneers of Books, Fine Arts & Manuscripts
Nov. 20, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch 1787-1870- A sailing boat on choppy waters, with a steamboat beyond;
Est: £4,000 - £6,000
Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch 1787-1870- A sailing boat on choppy waters, with a steamboat beyond; oil on panel, signed 'A. Schelfhout' (lower right), 23.5 x 36 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, UK. Note: While best remembered for his picturesque ice skating scenes, leading Dutch Romantic artist Andreas Schelfhout was also a prolific painter of maritime scenes, and the work presented here is a typical example. The present scene is likely datable to the 1840s, when Schelfhout produced several similar seascapes. A larger panel sold at Christie's, Amsterdam, 29 April 1998, lot 304 (£86,870), and features a closely related fishing vessel in the foreground. Another similar work is illustrated in Cyp Quarles van Ufford, 'Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870). Landschapschilder in Den Haag', Leiden 2009, p. 166, no. 175. The paddle steamer with the cloud of black smoke billowing from its chimney stands in stark contrast with the humble fishing vessel in the foreground, and shows the incongruous and rapidly changing landscape of a world in the midst of industrialisation. We are grateful to Christiaan Lucht MA for confirming the attribution to Schelfhout on the basis of photographs, and for his assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.
Roseberys
Nov. 19, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870)
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
Andreas Schelfhout (Dutch, 1787-1870) A beach scene with figures and fishing boats signed 'A. Schelfhout' l.r., oil on panel 18 x 24cm Provenance: With E J Van Wisselingh & Co., Amsterdam; private collection, Moor Park, Hertfordshire. Exhibited: Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, loaned by J Blaauboer Di Bussum, 1938, no.196. Condition Report: Framed: 25 x 31cm A few tiny speckles of light surface dirt. The blue paint in the sky appears to have been more thinly applied than in other areas such as the boats and shore. Overall, presents well. Not examined under UV light, for a full report please contact the department.
Sworders
Nov. 16, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Coastal Landscape with Village and some Figures
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Signed on the verso: A. Schelhout f Framed under glass
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 16, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Rhine Landscape with Anglers and a Horse-Drawn Carriage
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
Signed lower left: A. Schelfhout f Framed under glass
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Nov. 14, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout: "Der einsame Schlittschuhläufer"
Est: €6,000 - €8,000
SCHELFHOUT, ANDREAS The Hague 1787 - 1870 Title: "Der einsame Schlittschuhläufer". Date: 1865. Technique: Oil on wood. Measurement: 17 x 24cm. Notation: Signed and dated lower left: "Schelfhout 65". Frame: Framed. Literature: Willem Laanstra: Andreas Schelfhout, 1787 - 1870, 1995, no. W 1865-1, p. 126 with ill. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany, acquired at the Düsseldorf art fair around 1980. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Germany: 32,77 Euro plus 6,23 Euro VAT EU: 50,42 Euro plus 9,58 Euro VAT Worldwide: 92,44 Euro plus 17,56 Euro VAT additional shipping insurance Explanations to the Catalogue Andreas Schelfhout The Netherlands Romanticism 19th C. Paintings Framed Winter Painting Country Life
Van Ham Kunstauktionen
Nov. 13, 2024
Attributed to Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €1,000 - €1,500
The ferry, oil on panel, 32,5x50 cm, Literature:-Willem Laanstra, ‘Andreas Schelfhout 1787-1870’, Amsterdam 1995, ill. p. 191, no. ZO 32-2, as: ‘signed below left, in full’.-Henk Dinkelaar, ‘Wijnand Nuyen en zijn vrienden: speurtocht in de Hollandse romantiek’ Leiden 1993, ill. p. 75, no. 6.05. Provenance:-With Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede. ,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 13, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €1,500 - €2,500
Sailors on a pier overlooking the ships , signed 'A. Schelfhout' (lower left), chalk, watercolour and ink on paper, 23,5x34,5 cm, Provenance:-Private collection, the Netherlands. , Please compare to an oil painting by the artist with a similar composition in: Cyp Quarles van Ufford, ‘Andreas Schelfhout (1887-1870). Landschapschilders in Den Haag’, Leiden 2009, ill. p. 166, no 175.
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 13, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €500 - €800
River landscape with a rowboat pulled on the shore, signed twice 'A Schelfhout ft' (lower right and lower left), pencil and watercolour on paper, 16x25 cm, Executed mid-1820s.Please compare to an oil painting by the artist with a similar composition, previously sold at: Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede.
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 13, 2024
SCHELFHOUT Andreas (1787 - 1870). Atelier de. Tableaux Huile sur panneau "S
Est: €400 - €600
SCHELFHOUT Andreas (1787 - 1870). Atelier de. Tableaux Huile sur panneau "Scène d'hiver animé". Attribué à l'atelier d'André Schelfhout. Ecole hollandaise. Dim.:+/-30x39cm.
Vanderkindere
Nov. 12, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €6,000 - €9,000
Panoramic landscape seen from a dune top, signed and dated 'A Schelfhout 55' (lower right), oil on panel, 26,5x34,5 cm, Provenance:-With Kunsthandel Simonis & Buunk, Ede, by 1985, where acquired by the family of the present owner,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 12, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Summer landscape with farmers by the barn, signed 'A Schelfhout f' (lower left), oil on panel, 55x70 cm,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Nov. 12, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout (1787-1870)
Est: €5,000 - €8,000
Panoramic summer landscape , signed 'A. Schelfhout' (lower left), oil on panel, 18,5x25 cm, Provenance:-Auction, Dorotheum, Vienna, 7 March 1935, lot 103.-Auction, Mak van Waay, Dordrecht, 10 June 1969, lot 69.-With Kunsthandel Pieter A. Scheen, The Hague, 1969. ,
Venduehuis der Notarissen
Oct. 26, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Fisherboats on a Beach
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Signed and dated lower left: A. Schelfhout 1847 We would like to thank Mari Bies, Eindhoven, for his kind support in cataloguing this work. He was able to confirm the attribution to Andreas Schelfhout upon examination of a photograph.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Oct. 26, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Tower by a Frozen Canal
Est: €12,000 - €14,000
Signed and dated lower right: A. Schelfhout 53.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Oct. 26, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Summer Landscape with a River Ferry
Est: €8,000 - €12,000
Signed and dated lower left: A. Schelfhout 54 We would like to thank Mari Bies, Eindhoven, for his kind support in cataloguing this work. He was able to confirm the attribution to Andreas Schelfhout upon examination of a photograph.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Oct. 26, 2024
Andreas Schelfhout, Dutch Canal Boats in Winter
Est: €20,000 - €30,000
Signed lower centre: A, Schelrfhout We would like to thank Mari Bies, Eindhoven, for his kind support in cataloguing this work. He was able to confirm the attribution to Andreas Schelfhout upon examination of a photograph.
Kunsthaus Lempertz KG
Oct. 15, 2024
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (The Hague, 1787-1870). "Harbour in winter". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower margin.
Est: €5,500 - €6,000
ANDREAS SCHELFHOUT (The Hague, 1787-1870). "Harbour in winter". Oil on panel. Signed in the lower margin. Measurements: 23 x 27.5 cm; 39.5 x 43.5 cm (frame). Andreas Schelfhout was a remarkable landscape painter of the Dutch romanticism. The harbor setting shown here (probably the city of The Hague) is imbued with lyricism. The lampposts, bent by the continuous incidence of strong blizzards, connote the scene with a melancholy note. Among the old houses, the farmhouse with its stepped roof stands out against an electrified sky, announcing a storm. Silver lights filtering through the clouds reflect on the snow covering the ground and on the frozen lake. The meticulous attention in the description of the peasants is combined with a splendid atmospheric capture. Dutch painter and watercolorist known for his landscapes. Framed within the Romantic movement, his Dutch winter scenes with frozen canals and skaters became very popular already during the artist's lifetime, to the point of making him one of the most influential Dutch landscape painters of his century. Also of interest are his works as an etcher and lithographer. Schelfhout began as a house painter in his father's business and soon began painting in his spare time. After a well-received exhibition in The Hague his father sent him to receive a proper education with the artist Joannes Breckenheimer (1772-1856). Schelfhout not only learned the technical aspects of painting but also made detailed studies of the Dutch landscape artists Meindert Hobbema and Jacob van Ruisdael. In 1815 he opened his own studio. Thanks to the excellence of his technique, his sense of composition and a natural use of colors he soon also became famous both inside and outside The Hague. In 1819 he was awarded the gold medal at the Antwerp exhibition. In 1818 he became a member of the Amsterdam Academy of Visual Arts. His reputation continued to grow and in 1822 he was awarded the rank of Fourth Class of the Royal Netherlands Institute. From then on one exhibition followed another. Initially, Schelfhout painted mostly summer scenes, beach and animal paintings, but because his early winter scenes were so successful he began to include them in all his exhibitions. Schelfhout was primarily a studio artist guided by his sketches done au plein air. His sketchbook, Liber Veritatis (Book of Truth), shows that he made twenty works in one year some of them abroad. This indicates that he traveled around 1825 and in later years visited France in 1833, England in 1835 (mainly to study the work of John Constable) and Germany. In 1839 he is awarded a knighthood in the Order of the Dutch Lion and in 1844 he is made an honorary member in Kunst zij ons doel. In 1847 he was accepted as a member of the Pulchri Studio. Schelfhout taught many painters who would later become famous such as: Johan Jongkind (one of the forerunners of impressionism), Charles Leickert, Johannes Josephus Destree, Jan Willem van Borselen, Nicholas Roosenboom, his daughter Margaretha and her husband Johannes Gijsbert Vogel, Willem Troost, Louis Rémy Mignot and his son-in-law Wijnand Nuyen. From time to time he also painted with Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen, an important romantic landscape painter, and there is at least one canvas bearing the signature of both. Schelfhout advocated the use of watercolor in outdoor sketches and his watercolors greatly influenced Jongkind, Jan Hendrik Weissenbruch and Willem Roelofs, painters who would later become prominent members of the Hague School. Schelfhout encouraged Weissenbruch and invited him to attend his classes but it is unclear whether Weissenbruch attended. Schelfhout's death on April 19, 1870 marked the end of the Romantic period in the Netherlands and he is considered one of the forerunners of the Hague School.
Setdart Auction House
Oct. 12, 2024
Schelfhout, Andreas (The Hague 1787 - 1870 ibid., Dutch landscape painter, one of the pioneers of the Hague School, favoured motifs winter and coastal landscapes),"Flusslandschaft mit Schiffen",(The Hague 1787 - 1870 ibid., Dutch landscape painter,
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Schelfhout, Andreas (The Hague 1787 - 1870 ibid., Dutch landscape painter, one of the pioneers of the Hague School, favoured motifs winter and coastal landscapes),"Flusslandschaft mit Schiffen",(The Hague 1787 - 1870 ibid., Dutch landscape painter, one of the pioneers of the Hague School, favoured motifs winter and coastal landscapes), "Flusslandschaft mit Schiffen", Oil on canvas, remains of a signature lower left A.. Schelf..., 87.5 x 113.5 cm, old restoration. Appraisal by Prof. Dr Karl Theodor Koetschau from 1940 enclosed. Prof Dr Koetschau gave a date of origin between 1830 and 1840. Provenance: Acquisition at the Binhold art dealership in Cologne, since then private property. Schelfhout, Andreas (Den Haag 1787 - 1870 ebenda, niederländischer Landschaftsmaler, zählt zu den Vorreitern der Haager Schule, bevorzugte Motive Winter- und Küstenlandschaften), "Flusslandschaft mit Schiffen", Öl auf Leinwand, Reste einer Signatur unten links A. Schelf..., 87.5 x 113.5 cm, altrestauriert. Gutachten des Prof. Dr. Karl Theodor Koetschau von 1940 beiliegend. Prof. Dr. Koetschau gab eine Entstehungszeit zwischen 1830 bis 1840 an. Provenienz: Erwerb in der Kunsthandlung Binhold in Köln, seither Privatbesitz.
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