THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Aert van der Neer (1603/4-1677)
Details
Aert van der Neer (1603/4-1677)
A frozen Waterway with Villagers playing Kolf and skating and a horsedrawn Sleigh
signed with two monograms 'AV DN'
on panel
9 3/8 x 14 7/8in. (23.8 x 37.7cm.)
A frozen Waterway with Villagers playing Kolf and skating and a horsedrawn Sleigh
signed with two monograms 'AV DN'
on panel
9 3/8 x 14 7/8in. (23.8 x 37.7cm.)
Provenance
Nicolaas Nieuhoff; (+) sale, Amsterdam, 14-17 April 1777, lot 147 (71 florins to van Leyden)
William Theobald, 21 Cambridge Square, London; (+) Christie's,
10 May 1851, lot 78 (51gns. to N[er?]ton)
George Field, London, by 1856
with Duits, London (advertised in the Burlington Magazine, CIV, no.717, Dec. 1962, pl.XIII)
William Theobald, 21 Cambridge Square, London; (+) Christie's,
10 May 1851, lot 78 (51gns. to N[er?]ton)
George Field, London, by 1856
with Duits, London (advertised in the Burlington Magazine, CIV, no.717, Dec. 1962, pl.XIII)
Literature
G. F. Waagen, Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain, London, 1857, pp.195-6 ' ... the half-lights of masterly execution, and the aërial perspective very delicate. The treatment shows his somewhat earlier time'
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VII, London, 1923, p.452, no.540, and p.457, no.555
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VII, London, 1923, p.452, no.540, and p.457, no.555
Exhibited
London, Marlborough House, 1856
London, British Institution, 1866, no.41
London, British Institution, 1866, no.41