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A moonlit river landscape with a town on fire
Details
Attributed to Aert van der Neer (Amsterdam 1603-1677)
A moonlit river landscape with a town on fire
oil on canvas
59.5 x 75 cm.
with two collector's wax seals on the reverse
A moonlit river landscape with a town on fire
oil on canvas
59.5 x 75 cm.
with two collector's wax seals on the reverse
Provenance
Baron Wellens, Wiesbaden.
Mathieu Neven; De Brauwere, Cologne, 17 March 1879, lot 154, as Aert van der Neer.
Mathieu Neven; De Brauwere, Cologne, 17 March 1879, lot 154, as Aert van der Neer.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorrangendssten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, Esslingen, 1910, VII, p. 473, no. 468b.
W. Schulz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk, 2002, p. 470, no. 1413, as doubtful attribution.
W. Schulz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk, 2002, p. 470, no. 1413, as doubtful attribution.
Exhibited
Düsseldorf, Ausstellung alter Malerei aus Privatbesitz veranstaltet zur Hundertjahrfeier des Kunstvereins für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1 June-15 July 1929, p. 32, no. 46, as Aert van der Neer.
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