Collecting Dutch and Flemish drawings
In the early years of his reign, George III (r. 1760 –1820) was a prolific collector of drawings, and acquired a large proportion of the 732 Dutch and Flemish drawings now in the Royal Collection.
![A drawing of a river with boats, one of which is being pushed out from shallow water in the foreground. A tree grows from a rocky outcrop on the left, and mountains loom in the distance. Signed and dated, lower left: HS [in monogram] / 1677. Herman Saftle](https://www.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1010w/public/544750-1437570671.jpg?itok=4sbkc2H2 "Mountainous river landscape with boats and figures")
Mountainous river landscape with boats and figures ©
All of the drawings that follow here have been identified in the unusually detailed catalogue of the estate sale of the merchant and collector Abraham van Broyel, held in Amsterdam on 30 October 1759. They were acquired at that sale by the Amsterdam dealer Pieter Yver, and probably passed to George III soon after.
Barend Gael (1630/40- after 1681)
The interior of a barn with men and horses, and a hay-cart outside
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)
Two ladies and a gentleman on a horse-drawn sleigh
Hendrick Avercamp (1585-1634)
A game of 'kolf' on the ice
Herman Saftleven (1609-85)
Mountainous river landscape with boats and figures
Cornelis Visscher (1629-58)
Portrait of an old woman in a bonnet
Reynier Nooms, called Zeeman (c. 1623-1667)
Two vessels being careened for repairs
Marten De Cock (active 1620-1646)
Farm buildings surrounded by trees, beside a stream, with several figures and a flock of sheep
Gerrit van Battem (c. 1636-84)
A landscape with travellers
Gerrit van Battem (c. 1636-84)
Winter scene outside a town
Jan Lievens (1607-74)
A road bridge crossing a stream on the outskirts of a village
Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651)
St Fredericus
Roelandt Savery (Kortrijk 1576 - Utrecht 1639)
A windmill
Willem Romeyn (c. 1622-95)
