Lot Essay
The present composition is sold with a certificate, dated October 1927, by C. Hofstede de Groot attached to the reverse with wax seals (fig.1).
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A wooded landscape with travellers outside an inn
Details
Jan van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A wooded landscape with travellers outside an inn
signed with monogram and dated 'VG 1649' (lower left)
oil on panel
27.8 x 37.8 cm.
A wooded landscape with travellers outside an inn
signed with monogram and dated 'VG 1649' (lower left)
oil on panel
27.8 x 37.8 cm.
Provenance
with P. de Boer, Amsterdam, 1926-7.
Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 31 May 1949, lot 30 (Dfl. 4,600).
E. Cancrinus, Haarlem; Christie's, London, 14 May 1954, lot 130.
with Sant Lucas, The Hague.
J.F. ten Bos, Almelo.
L. van Hoecken, Wassenaar; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 24 June 1959, lot 192 (Dfl. 26,000).
Gerhard Schoeller, Burg Gretesch, Osnabrück, and by descent to the present owner.
Anonymous sale; Frederik Muller, Amsterdam, 31 May 1949, lot 30 (Dfl. 4,600).
E. Cancrinus, Haarlem; Christie's, London, 14 May 1954, lot 130.
with Sant Lucas, The Hague.
J.F. ten Bos, Almelo.
L. van Hoecken, Wassenaar; Paul Brandt, Amsterdam, 24 June 1959, lot 192 (Dfl. 26,000).
Gerhard Schoeller, Burg Gretesch, Osnabrück, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, Amsterdam, 1973, II, p. 464, no. 1036.
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Sale room notice
Please note that in his book Dr. Beck states that the monogram and date are added.