Notes

A gift from the artist to the current owner's family.

Literature

J du P Scholtz, Moses Kottler, His Cape Years, Tafelberg, Cape Town, 1976, illus no 16. 'While Kottler was working on the portrait of Prof Marais in Stellenbosch, he stayed with the Grobbelaars. In recognition of their kindness and hospitality he did a painting of an old thatch-roofed cottage in Mark Street, opposite the entrance to Herte Street in Stellenbosch and gave it to Mrs Grobbelaar.'