Sportsmen on a track near an inn, a castle and a church beyond, in a mountainous landscape

Only seven other works by the artist are recorded in the RKD, the first, signed and dated 1789, offered at Christie's London, 6-7 June 1974, lot 27, with ill.; the second, a pair, offered at Christie's London, 23 January 1987, lot 72, as I.F.M.; the third, signed, offered at Sotheby's London, 5 July 1989, lot 140, with ill.; the fourth, signed, offered at Christie's London, 27 February 1992, lot 134, with ill.; the fifth, signed, offered at Christie's New York, 15 January 1988, lot 26, with ill., as circle of Jacob van der Croos, the sixth, signed, offered at Christie's London, 24 February 1938, lot 74, as H. de Wouters, the seventh, signed and dated 1782, offered at Franz A. Menna, Cologne, 28-29 September and 1 October 1956, lot 1111, with ill., as J.T. de Wouters.

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