Need help finding info on this signed color etching.

Hi All, hope you all are doing well. A question on behalf of my girlfriend. She thought she had bought an etching of a typical 'Dutch scene', i.e. canal, church-etc. Looking at it I don't think it's Dutch. Especially because in the background you can see relief or hills. Not very Dutch, haha. I personally think It might be Belgian of French. It is framed very well. That's my two cents, over to her:

"Dear people, I cannot find anything about my old signed color etchings, in have searched for hours.... When I bought it, I initially thought of a Dutch scene. But on closer inspection, it seems more likely to me that it is foreign. Is there anyone who recognizes the signature or the image itself? The dimensions are in total: 40x42.5cm - the etching itself: 23.5x17.5 All information is welcome, kind regards, Romy."

 

The name looks like Normand to me.


How about the Canal du Midi in Toulouse, France?

https://www.cicerone.co.uk/5-great-days-along-canal-du-midi-cycle-route

 

What does the label on the back say? Would you be kind enough to post a close-up photograph?

Debora

 

I think most of these are Belgian, although in my crowd we used to dismiss these as "fretchings"

 

All I can see is H o d Lodds & Ln?

 

Agree, signed Normand.

I think those are clouds. It all looks very Dutch to me.

H. v.d. (= van de, or van der) Zedde & Zn (Dutch). Zn is short for Zonen, sons.
So it was framed by a Dutch frame shop called H. van der Zedde and Sons. Robert can probably tell us where the shop was.

Although there is an overlap between Dutch and Belgian names, van der Zedde is too 'nordic' to be Belgian, imo. Besides, Belgians usually write it vander, instead of van der.
Zedde is the name of a hamlet near Volendam, which in turn is not far from Amsterdam, North Holland. The ancestors of van der Zedde would have been from Zedde.

There was an H. van der Zedde who was a member of the Dutch Resistance during WWII:
http://www.stichtingvriendenkring13april1945.nl/?page_id=418

Sorry guys, it is in Dutch, but Robert and Romy can read it.

 

someone has to know the village and church in the background. too many canals in France. the boat looks like a typical Péniche, today mostly used for canal cruises.

 

Thank you for you help! (In Dutch: Jij spreekt Nederlands dus? Of heb je het vertaald? The shop is in Amsterdam. The sticker says: The name: "H.v.d.Ledde & zn, like said above. Further: "Paintings, etchings, frames, wall decorations" and the Address: De Clercqstraat, A'dam. (The street is just outside the Centre in the West of A'dam. So not much info here. Other then that it was framed in A'dam.


To me it looks like it's (at least) a medium-priced framework, not the cheapest; i.e. double passe-partout, and that.

 

Thank you for you help! (In Dutch: Jij spreekt Nederlands dus? Of heb je het vertaald? The shop is in Amsterdam. The sticker says: The name: "H.v.d.Ledde & zn, like said above. Further: "Paintings, etchings, frames, wall decorations" and the Address: De Clercqstraat, A'dam. (The street is just outside the Centre in the West of A'dam. So not much info here. Other then that it was framed in A'dam.
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p.s. Mmm, I really have the feeling it isn't Dutch. The name, -I agree it looks likely to be 'Normand', but haven't found a match, yet.- but also the church on the right doesn't look dutch to me...



To me it looks like it's (at least) a medium-priced framework, not the cheapest; i.e. double passe-partout, and that.

 

In case it is 'Normand'. Anyone know an artist with that name that could have made this etching? Or, does anyone have an idea of it's age, on basis of the photo's which could be a clue. Am I right that to it isn't cheap for an artist to make a colored etching of his work? The search continues. Thanks all for the input and info (and translation

 

The St. Quentin Canal is in Vermand, northern France.

 

Clever you! And it's in north-east France near the Belgium border so not an unlikely place for a Dutch tourist to buy a souvenir print.

Debora

 

Klopt.

 

It looks very different though, those slopes and that luscious foliage on sturdy trees, compared to the flatland and more 'spindly' trees in the print.

I found Persingen, Gelderland, the Netherlands.
It has a canal called 'Het Meertje':


https://www.wikiwand.com/nl/Persingen

A church with a similar tower and white farmhouses:

https://mapio.net/pic/p-120835531/

Those canal boats look pretty much the same in most of western Europe, this one is Dutch:

 

Whow, thank you for research and info! I would be keen to know how you sought this out I going to use the info to see if I can find something that leads to the maker. (And will be sure to let you know if I find something, ofcourse) All the best, Robert.

 

Pleasure, Robert.
I thought the church looked like some I had seen in the Betuwe and further east in the river region. The white houses looked like Ooijpolder houses to me, near Nijmegen. That is how I ended up in Persingen, so to speak.
In spite of most of the country being flat, Dutch landscapes are actually pretty diverse.

 

All those countries in that area have canals that look like this. Plus, you have to allow for artistic license. It's a nice one. We visit that area frequently so I'd hang it up.