Watercolor Drawing, Dutch School, 18th Century

Haarlem School Drawing by CORNELIS VAN NOORDE (1731-1795)
Charming watercolor and gray wash, skillfully executed, depicting a pastoral scene in a beautiful Louis XVI frame in gilded and carved wood from the 18th century.
In very good condition.
Format with frame 60 X 50 cm.

Cornelis Van Noorde
- Received instruction from Frans Decker and Tako Jelgersma.
- Member of the Guild of Saint Luke in Haarlem.
- Professor and Director of the Haarlem Academy of Drawing of which he was one of the founding members.
- Worked almost exclusively in watercolor and is known for his copies of Old Masters from the 17th century, bookplates, portraits and pastoral landscapes.

Works in the public domain:
- Teylers Museum in Haarlem,
- University Library of Leiden,
- Versailles Trianon Museum
,- Angers Museum (drawing "a corner of a cattle market"),
- Museum of Fine Arts of Orléans,
- Hessisches Landesmuseum of Darmstadt (Germany),
- Museum of Amsterdam (self-portrait)...