Lot Essay
When sold in these Rooms in 1966, the present picture bore additions at the top and the right side enlarging it to 39 x 57in.
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
Jan Baptist Weenix (1621 - c.1660)
Details
Jan Baptist Weenix (1621 - c.1660)
A Woman nursing a Child and Peasants resting by an Ionic Ruin, an obelisk, a building reminiscent of the Palazzo dei Senatori, Rome, and shipping in a harbour beyond
35 1/8 x 45½in. (89.3 x 115.7cm.)
A Woman nursing a Child and Peasants resting by an Ionic Ruin, an obelisk, a building reminiscent of the Palazzo dei Senatori, Rome, and shipping in a harbour beyond
35 1/8 x 45½in. (89.3 x 115.7cm.)
Provenance
Commander Clare Vyner, Studley Royal, Yorkshire; Christie's, 1 April 1966, lot 66 (1,100 gns. to C. Norris)
The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon; Sotheby's, 13 July 1977, lot 10 ((8,000)
The Duke of Hamilton and Brandon; Sotheby's, 13 July 1977, lot 10 ((8,000)