A dune landscape with three travelers and a dog at rest

Details

JACOB VAN MOSCHER (ACTIVE HAARLEM 1635-1655)
A dune landscape with three travelers and a dog at rest
signed 'J van mosh'er' (lower left)
oil on panel
15 5⁄8 x 21 7⁄8 in. (39.7 x 55.5 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 21 March 1973, lot 96.
Anonymous sale; Neumeister, Munich, 23 April 1975, lot 975.
Private collection, Berlin, by 1984.
with Salomon Lilian, Amsterdam, where acquired in 2001 by the present owner.

Literature

H.U. Beck, Künstler um Jan van Goyen, Doornspijk, 1991, p. 322, no. 893, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Very little is known about Jacob van Moscher’s life and training. Active in Haarlem circa 1635-55, he adopted a monochromatic palette and compositional motifs featuring sloping dunes, generally anchored by a large tree in the middle ground. Van Moscher's approach was influenced by artists like Jan van Goyen, Pieter Molijn and Salomon van Ruysdael.

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