Lot Essay
Dr. Guido de Werd has examined the work on the basis of a photograph and, although listed in Gorissen, points out that this is a work by Barend Cornelis's younger brother, Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek.
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE HARALD VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH
Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (Dutch, 1807-1868)
A wooded river Landscape with Figures and Cattle by a Barge
Details
Marinus Adrianus Koekkoek (Dutch, 1807-1868)
A wooded river Landscape with Figures and Cattle by a Barge
with signaure and the date 'B. C. Koekkoek/1854' (lower left)
oil on canvas
33½ x 45 in. (85 x 114 cm.)
A wooded river Landscape with Figures and Cattle by a Barge
with signaure and the date 'B. C. Koekkoek/1854' (lower left)
oil on canvas
33½ x 45 in. (85 x 114 cm.)
Provenance
The Krupp family and thence by descent.
Literature
F. Gorissen, B. C. Koekkoek, Dusseldorf, 1962, no. 54/85 (illustrated).