Lot Essay
Dr. Guido de Werd has confirmed the authenticity of this lot on the basis of a photograph.
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE HARALD VON BOHLEN UND HALBACH
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Dutch, 1803-1862)
Country-folk and Cows in a Landscape
Details
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Dutch, 1803-1862)
Country-folk and Cows in a Landscape
signed and dated 'B. C. Koekkoek/1851' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated 'Dit schilderijtge voorstellende een/Boschgezicht bij buijig weder/is geschilderd in het jaar 1851/door den ondergeteekende/B. C. Koekkoek' with the artist's seal on an old label on the reverse
oil on panel
11½ x 15½ in. (29 x 39 cm.)
Country-folk and Cows in a Landscape
signed and dated 'B. C. Koekkoek/1851' (lower left) and signed, inscribed and dated 'Dit schilderijtge voorstellende een/Boschgezicht bij buijig weder/is geschilderd in het jaar 1851/door den ondergeteekende/B. C. Koekkoek' with the artist's seal on an old label on the reverse
oil on panel
11½ x 15½ in. (29 x 39 cm.)
Provenance
Kusthandlung Eduard Schulte, Berlin.
The Krupp family and thence by descent.
The Krupp family and thence by descent.
Literature
F. Gorissen, B. C. Koekkoek 1803-1862. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Dusseldorf, 1962, no. 51/27-2 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Kleve, Städtisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, Ausstellung B. C. Koekkoek, 24 June-30 Sept. 1962, no. 69.