Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr Wolfgang Schulz who has examined the original and intends to publish it in his forthcoming monograph on the artist, as 'eigenhändigkeit nicht gesichert'.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Attributed to Aert van der Neer (1603-1677)
A River Landscape with a Fisherman laying Lobster Pots by Moonlight, a village beyond
Details
Attributed to Aert van der Neer (1603-1677)
A River Landscape with a Fisherman laying Lobster Pots by Moonlight, a village beyond
with two monograms 'AV DN' (lower centre)
oil on panel
18 x 26 3/8in. (45.8 x 67cm.)
A River Landscape with a Fisherman laying Lobster Pots by Moonlight, a village beyond
with two monograms 'AV DN' (lower centre)
oil on panel
18 x 26 3/8in. (45.8 x 67cm.)
Provenance
Purchased, prior to 1806, for 15gns., by Samuel Day of Hinton Charterhouse; included in his will of June 1806, and by descent to his son, Samuel Skurray Day; thence by descent to Thomas Jones, listed in the inventory of August 1848 following his death, and by descent to his great-great grandson, the present owner.
Literature
Rev. J. Nightingale, The Beauties of England and Wales, 1813, vol. XIII, part I, under Hinton Charterhouse, the seat of Samuel J. Day, Esquire.