Details
ESAIAS VAN DE VELDE (AMSTERDAM 1587-1630 THE HAGUE)
An open landscape with brigands attacking travelers
signed and dated ‘E · V · VELD[E] 1623’ (lower center)
oil on panel
12 ½ x 21 in. (32 x 53 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Albert Grossman, Brombach; his sale, Helbing, Munich, 30 October 1902, lot 148.
R.H. Ward, London, and from whom acquired by the following
with D.A. Hoogendijk, Amsterdam, by 1932, and from whom acquired on 7 September 1932 for f 350 by
J.M.C. Hoog, Haarlem.
with S. Nystad, The Hague.
with Kurt J. Müllenmeister, Solingen, by 1972.
H.B. Mayer, Solingen.
with Kurt J. Müllenmeister, Solingen, by 1977.
Ilse Marie Helene Bscher (née Pferdmenges) (1919-1992), Cologne; (†), Sotheby’s, London, 9 December 1992, lot 19, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
K.J. Müllenmeister, Meer und Land im Licht des 17. Jahrhunderts, III, Bremen, 1981, p. 84, no. 473, fig. 473.
G. Keyes, Esaias van de Velde, 1587-1630, Doornspijk, 1984, p. 133, no. 51, plate 287.
P.C. Sutton, The Martin and Kathleen Feldstein Collection, privately published, 2020, pp. 98-99, no. 26, illustrated.
Exhibited
Haarlem, Frans Halsmuseum, Tentoonstelling van schilderijen, meubelen enz. behoorende tot het legaat van Mr. H.J.D.D. Enschedé en uit het bezit van verschillende verzamelaars, 19 July-14 September 1941, no. 72.
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve.