A fortified town on a river, with fishermen in a rowing boat, on a cloudy day

Details

Frans de Hulst (circa 1610-1661)
A fortified town on a river, with fishermen in a rowing boat, on a cloudy day
with signature SVR (VR linked) on the rowing boat lower centre
oil on panel, oval
30.3 x 40.6 cm

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Bukowski Stockholm, 31 March 1971, lot 223, ill., as S. van Ruysdael.

Special notice

Christie's charge a buyer's premium of 20% (VAT inclusive) for this lot.

Lot Essay

For the attribution compare the signed picture with the Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, circa 1960 (H.-U. Beck, Künstler um Jan Van Goyen, 1991, p.195, no.537, ill.).
Dr. H.-U. Beck has kindly suggested the attribution, on the basis of a photograph, in a fax dated 15 September 2000.

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