Dutch landscape.

Drawing, black chalk, heightened with white, 18,4 x 24,3 cm, laid paper, unsigned (brown stains at upper section, tiny tear at lower margin).

Hinged by upper edge to paper mount.

Jan Hulswit (1766-1822) was specialised in landscape drawings, which he was able to sell as individual artworks on the market. His landscapes were in the collection of Louis Napoleon. The Dutch king William I used one of his drawings as a diplomatic gift to the king of Prussia. The present sheet shows great affinity with a landscape in the Rijksmuseum collection (RP-T-FM-63), particularly in the typical rendering of the trees with short miniature strokes.
Ref. A.J. Elen, "Met Eenigen Verandering naar't Leeven", compositionele herhaling met variaties in het tekenkunstig oeuvre van Jan Hulswit (1766-1822)", Leids Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek 4, Leiden 1987. - http://hdl.handle.net/11259/collection.40292 (Teylers version).