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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Jan Weenix (1640/2-1719)
A young Gentleman courting an elegant Lady beneath a Statue of Venus on a Quay, with company merrymaking and figures boarding a ferry beyond
Details
Jan Weenix (1640/2-1719)
A young Gentleman courting an elegant Lady beneath a Statue of Venus on a Quay, with company merrymaking and figures boarding a ferry beyond
signed and dated 'J. Weenix. 1675' (on the stone block, lower right)
oil on canvas
50½ x 43in. (128.3 x 109.2cm.)
A young Gentleman courting an elegant Lady beneath a Statue of Venus on a Quay, with company merrymaking and figures boarding a ferry beyond
signed and dated 'J. Weenix. 1675' (on the stone block, lower right)
oil on canvas
50½ x 43in. (128.3 x 109.2cm.)
Provenance
W. R. Preston, Sidmouth; Christie's, 25 June 1850, lot 55 as 'Weenix', 'Capitally painted' (unsold at 35½gns.)
Arnold Friedlaender (according to labels on the reverse).
Major and Mrs. Goodliffe, Birdtown, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, 1957.
Arnold Friedlaender (according to labels on the reverse).
Major and Mrs. Goodliffe, Birdtown, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, 1957.
Exhibited
Dublin, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings from Irish Collections, 20 May-25 Aug. 1957, no. 113.