Pieter Molijn (1595-1661)

Details

Pieter Molijn (1595-1661)

Travellers resting in the dunes

partially signed lower left ...lyn, oil on panel
35.3 x 40.7 cm

Provenance

Lord Melville, Edinburgh
Mr. Onnes van Nijenrode; Sale, Frederik Muller Amsterdam, 4 July 1933, lot 28
H.C. Larssen
Anon. Sale, Van Marle & Bignell The Hague, 25 January 1943, lot 51, with ill.

Literature

W. Martin and E.W. Moes, Oude Schilderkunst in Nederland, II, 1914, no. 39, fig. 39 (as not signed)

Lot Essay

In a letter of 18 September 1993, Dr Hans-Ulrich Beck, judging from a transparency, has kindly confirmed the attribution; he suggests a date of execution of circa 1650

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