PIETER STEVENS II (Malines c.1567-after 1624)
PIETER STEVENS II (Malines c.1567-after 1624)

A wooded river landscape with fishermen by cottages, a wooden bridge beyond

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PIETER STEVENS II (Malines c.1567-after 1624)
A wooded river landscape with fishermen by cottages, a wooden bridge beyond
signed with traces of a monogram 'PS'(?) (lower left)
oil on panel
11 x 17 in. (28 x 43 cm.)
Provenance
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1961.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1981, lot 220.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, London, 7 April 1982, lot 89.
with M. Ségoura, Paris.
Private collection, Sweden, 1988.
Literature
A. Zwollo, 'Pieter Stevens. Ein vergessener Maler des Rudolfinischen Kreises', Jahrbuch der Kunsthistorischen Sammlungen in Wien, LXIV, 1968, p. 137, fig. 188.
T. DaCosta Kaufmann, The School of Prague. Painting at the Court of Rudolph II, Chicago and London, 1988, p. 282, no. 21.8.

Lot Essay

De Costa Kaufmann (loc. cit.) has suggested a dating of circa 1598 for the present work.

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