Lot Essay
The composition recalls the picture of 1638 in the National Gallery, London, which may also depict Dordrecht (Beck, op. cit., pp.82-3, no.168, illustrated)
Details
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (1596-1656)
The Maas near Dordrecht with a Smalschip and Fishermen in a Rowing Boat hauling in a Net in the Foreground, the Huis te Merwede and the tower of the Grote Kerk beyond
signed with initials and dated 'VG 1648'
on panel
14 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (36.6 x 33.4cm.)
The Maas near Dordrecht with a Smalschip and Fishermen in a Rowing Boat hauling in a Net in the Foreground, the Huis te Merwede and the tower of the Grote Kerk beyond
signed with initials and dated 'VG 1648'
on panel
14 3/8 x 13 1/8in. (36.6 x 33.4cm.)
Provenance
Péon de St. Gilles; (+) sale, Paris, 25 May 1917, lot 24 (6,200 francs)
Marius Paulme; sale, Paris, 22 Nov. 1923, lot 44 (40,100 francs)
Lady Veronica Blackwood; Sotheby's, 16 March 1966, lot 11 (#14,000 to Leggatt)
with Leggatt Brothers, London (advertised in colour on the cover of The Connoisseur, vol. 165, no.663, May 1967)
Marius Paulme; sale, Paris, 22 Nov. 1923, lot 44 (40,100 francs)
Lady Veronica Blackwood; Sotheby's, 16 March 1966, lot 11 (#14,000 to Leggatt)
with Leggatt Brothers, London (advertised in colour on the cover of The Connoisseur, vol. 165, no.663, May 1967)
Literature
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, II, 1973, p.90, no.183, illustrated