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.