Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Hans-Ulrick Beck for confirming the attribution, on the basis of a photograph.
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A wooded river landscape with fishermen in a boat checking creels before a bridge
Details
Jan Josefsz. van Goyen (Leiden 1596-1656 The Hague)
A wooded river landscape with fishermen in a boat checking creels before a bridge
signed with initials and dated 'VG 1634' (lower right, on the boat)
oil on panel
13 x 21.3/8 in. (33 x 54.3 cm.)
A wooded river landscape with fishermen in a boat checking creels before a bridge
signed with initials and dated 'VG 1634' (lower right, on the boat)
oil on panel
13 x 21.3/8 in. (33 x 54.3 cm.)
Provenance
Viscount Eversley; (+) Christie's, London, 9 May 1896, lot 38, as 'J. van Goyen' (75 gns. to Agnew).
with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London.
with Thos. Agnew & Sons, London.