SwissArtGallery · Documented identity
Jacob van der Ulft, a seventeenth-century Dutch painter and draughtsman, worked mainly in Gorinchem, where he also held municipal offices, including that of mayor. His architectural repertoire combines Dutch views with evocations of Italy. Whether he visited Italy remains uncertain: prints and drawings by other artists supplied material for his reconstructed landscapes.
Army Advancing among Roman Ruins (1671), at the Mauritshuis, places troops in a sunlit landscape whose monuments recall the Forum. The oil painting on canvas turns ancient architecture into a setting for action. Italian Marketplace at the Rijksmuseum presents another kind of activity: a woman tends her stall before a church’s columns, while pilgrims, horsemen and passers-by cross the street. These scenes connect the scale of buildings with that of collective life.
This profile brings together identity references for Jacob van der Ulft and paintings, drawings and works on paper documented in auction catalogues.
Lempertz · Kornfeld
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Kreide in Schwarz, Feder und Pinsel in Braun
Auction date : 2025-11-22
Published result : 3780 EUR
Including buyer’s premium
Estimate : 4000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pen and brush in bister on laid paper
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Published result : 11000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 5000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pen and ink, washed with a brush in bister, on laid paper
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Published result : 4000 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 5000
View the lot at the auction house ↗Pen in bister, washed with a brush in bister, on laid paper
Catalogue period : 2024-09-12
Published result : 1600 CHF
Hammer price, excluding fees
Estimate : CHF 2000
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