Lot Essay
A note on the catalogue entry glued to the reverse reads that the picture then appeared to be dated 1635.
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Cavalrymen halted on a riverbank, a windmill beyond
Details
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
Cavalrymen halted on a riverbank, a windmill beyond
signed with monogram and dated 'VG 1628' (lower centre)
oil on panel
10 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.7 cm.)
Cavalrymen halted on a riverbank, a windmill beyond
signed with monogram and dated 'VG 1628' (lower centre)
oil on panel
10 x 15 in. (26.7 x 38.7 cm.)
Provenance
Paul Mantz, formerly Directeur des Beaux-Arts; (+) sale, Htel Drouot, Paris, 10 May 1895, lot 32 (25 francs to Villenau).
Henri Leroux; sale, Htel Drouot, Paris, 23 March 1968, lot 52 (28,000 francs).
Paul Salomon, Paris.
Alexander Macpherson, Perth.
Henri Leroux; sale, Htel Drouot, Paris, 23 March 1968, lot 52 (28,000 francs).
Paul Salomon, Paris.
Alexander Macpherson, Perth.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonn, etc., VIII, London, 1927, p. 178, no. 685.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, Amsterdam, 1972, p. 409, no. 1171.
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, Amsterdam, 1972, p. 409, no. 1171.
Exhibited
London, Alan Jacobs Gallery, Jan van Goyen, Poet of the Dutch Landscape, 19 April-25 May 1977, no. 2.