MID 18TH CENTURY, MARKED POU: V.M.V. PROBABLY FOR PETRUS VAN MARUM AT DE ROMEYN

Details

a dutch delft blue and white rectangular landscape plaque
Mid 18th century, marked Pou: V.M.V. probably for Petrus van Marum at de Romeyn
Depicting an imaginary Italianate coastal landscape with fishermen near a shore, a fortress to the background, a galleon and sloops on a quiet see, a village and a light tower to the distance (within a fitted case)
17.5 x 22.5cm

Provenance

A Dutch Collection no. 67

Special notice

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

Sale room notice

This is a view of the Italian port of Genova.
One corner of this plaque has a minor restoration.

Lot Essay

At the time, the so-called Italianate landscapes were just as popular as the typical low-country landscapes. Due to the nationalistic vision of the 19th century, there was and sometimes still is, a lack of appreciation for these "Italianate" painters who spent much of their lives in Rome. Characteristics of their work is landscape painting of ruins, furnished with beggars and arcadian scenes. In the 19th century the painters of this genre; Both, Berchem, Pynacker and many others, were considered traitors to real Dutch art, although their works are of great merit.

See illustration p.75

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