Anthony Jansz. van der Croos* (1606-1662)

Satyrs disporting on a hilly Knoll

Details

Anthony Jansz. van der Croos* (1606-1662)
Satyrs disporting on a hilly Knoll
signed and dated 'Anthony VAND^R. Croos.1627.' [VA linked]
oil on panel
18 1/8 x 18 5/8in. (46 x 49.8cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, Feb. 1, 1985, lot 22 (£1,700).
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1985-6.

Literature

H.-U. Beck, Kunstler um Jan van Goyen, 1991, p. 79, no. 151 illustrated.

Lot Essay

The present lot appears to be the earliest dated picture by van der Croos and is evidence of the artist working in the Hague in the manner of Moses van Uyttenbroeck. The next surviving dated picture was painted some nine years later, in 1636.

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