THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Philips Wouwerman (1619-1669)
Details
Philips Wouwerman (1619-1669)
A Market in a Town Square
25 1/8 x 32in. (63.9 x 81.5cm.)
A Market in a Town Square
25 1/8 x 32in. (63.9 x 81.5cm.)
Provenance
Morel et al. Sale, Lebrun, Paris, 3 May 1786 (postponed from 19ff. April) (3,700 francs)
Marin; (+) sale, Paris, 22ff. March 1790 (3,000 francs)
Mr. Six van Winter, Amsterdam, purchased for 3,650 florins in 1800 (according to Lafenestre, quoted by Hofstede de Groot) and by descent through Mr. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, 1842, to J. Six, Amsterdam, 1900
Sir William Bird
E. J. Gooderham; (+) Christie's, 10 Dec. 1948, lot 63 (330gns. to Slatter)
Lord Claud Hamilton; Christie's, 26 Nov. 1971, lot 25
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 15 Jan. 1985, lot 55
Marin; (+) sale, Paris, 22ff. March 1790 (3,000 francs)
Mr. Six van Winter, Amsterdam, purchased for 3,650 florins in 1800 (according to Lafenestre, quoted by Hofstede de Groot) and by descent through Mr. Six van Hillegom, Amsterdam, 1842, to J. Six, Amsterdam, 1900
Sir William Bird
E. J. Gooderham; (+) Christie's, 10 Dec. 1948, lot 63 (330gns. to Slatter)
Lord Claud Hamilton; Christie's, 26 Nov. 1971, lot 25
Anon. Sale, Christie's, New York, 15 Jan. 1985, lot 55
Literature
J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., I, London, 1829, p.254, no.183, and IX (Supplement), 1842, p.160, no.65
Lafenestre, La Hollande
Richtenberger, La Peintre en Europe, Paris, p.335
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., II, London, 1909, p.573, no.966
Lafenestre, La Hollande
Richtenberger, La Peintre en Europe, Paris, p.335
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., II, London, 1909, p.573, no.966
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Six Collection, 1900, no.168