Lot 6095 - ibid154 Old Master Paintings - online only - Wednesday, 24. September 2025, 02.00 PM
BRUSSELS, 17th Century
Landscape in the Sonien Forest with two figures, a dog and the red monastery near Brussels in the background.
Oil on panel.
42 × 60.5 cm.
Provenance:
- Christie's, 4.3.1921, lot 47 (as Jan Wildens).
- Sotheby Mak van Waay, Amsterdam, 1.6.1987, lot 54 (as attributed to Jan Wildens und David Teniers).
- Private collection, Switzerland.
Our thanks to Ellis Dullaart of RKD, The Hague, for her assistance in cataloguing this painting.
Conditionreport:
Oil on panel, slightly bowed. The panel comprises three horizontal planks. On the reverse the upper and lower joints with canvas reinforcements and the central joint with seven wooden reinforcements of ca. 3.5 × 3 cm. The paint surface in good condition, with a fine network of craquelure. The central joint slightly visible. Light colour abrasions along the edges.<br>Under UV light: some minor retouching visible on the landscape and in the sky. The varnish fluoresces unevenly with a greenish hue under UV light.<br>Frame: 57.4 × 76 cm. CHF 2 000 / 3 000 | (€ 2 060 / 3 090)
Sold for CHF 2 500 (including buyer's premium)