Lot Essay
Although hardly any drawings seem to be securely attributed to the artist, this is very close in subject and style to the many wooded landscapes Keirincx painted.
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A wooded River Landscape with an elegant Couple on Horseback directing a Man with Dogs
Details
Attributed to Alexander Keirincx (1600-1652)
A wooded River Landscape with an elegant Couple on Horseback directing a Man with Dogs
with signature 'Hermann Swaneweld' on the mount
black lead, pen and grey ink, green and brown wash, watermarks bunch of grapes and horn in a crowned shield (cf. Heawood 2267, dated 1664).
317 x 426 mm.
A wooded River Landscape with an elegant Couple on Horseback directing a Man with Dogs
with signature 'Hermann Swaneweld' on the mount
black lead, pen and grey ink, green and brown wash, watermarks bunch of grapes and horn in a crowned shield (cf. Heawood 2267, dated 1664).
317 x 426 mm.
Provenance
An unidentified collector's inscription (verso).
Anon. sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 4 May 1932, lot 514, as H. Swanevelt (150 Marks).
Anon. sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 4 May 1932, lot 514, as H. Swanevelt (150 Marks).