Lot 6046* - ibid154 Tableaux de Maîtres Anciens - online only - mercredi, 24. septembre 2025, 14h00
Circle of PHILIPS WOUWERMAN
(1619 Haarlem 1668)
Dune landscape with peasants at harvest.
Oil on canvas.
40.5 × 57 cm.
Provenance:
- Collection of J. Smith, London, 1829.
- Auction G. Morant, London, 1832, lot 152.
- Private collection, Germany.
- Auction Lempertz, Cologne, 6.6.1973, lot 241 (as Philips Wouwerman).
- European private collection.
- Auction Koller, Zurich, 30.3.2001, lot 5 (as Philips Wouwerman).
- European collection.
Literature:
- Cornelis Hofstede de Groot: Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten Holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, Esslingen 1908, vol. II, p. 565, no. 962.
- Birgit Schumacher: Philips Wouwerman (1619–1668): The Horse Painter of the Golden Age, Doornspijk 2006, vol. I, p. 583, no. 566 and vol. II, no. 566 (with ill.) (as doubtful work by Philips Wouwerman).
Conditionreport:
Oil on lined canvas. The paint surface slightly thin in parts and with a fine network of craquelure. Scattered scratches and minimal colour losses in the sky. Colour abrasions along the edges. <br>Under UV light: scattered retouching on the figures. Further retouching visible in the landscape and in the sky. The varnish fluoresces unevenly with a greenish hue under UV light.<br>Frame: 54.4 × 71.5 cm. CHF 4 000 / 6 000 | (€ 4 120 / 6 190)
Vendu pour CHF 5 000 (frais inclus)