Lot Essay
Guido de Werd has confirmed the authenticity of the present work on the basis of a photograph and suggests the ruin could be the Vianden Castle in Luxemburg which Koekkoek often painted in the 1840s.
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Figures and cattle on a path in wooded landscape with a castle beyond
Details
Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Dutch, 1803-1862)
Figures and cattle on a path in wooded landscape with a castle beyond
signed and dated 'B C Koekkoek. ft. 1857' (lower left)
oil on panel
14 x 18 ½ in. (35.5 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1857
Figures and cattle on a path in wooded landscape with a castle beyond
signed and dated 'B C Koekkoek. ft. 1857' (lower left)
oil on panel
14 x 18 ½ in. (35.5 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1857
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