THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Marten Ryckaert (1587-1631)

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Marten Ryckaert (1587-1631)

A rocky River Valley with Shepherds piping and Goats by a Waterfall

signed with monogram and dated 'MR 1628'
on panel
18 7/8 x 28 1/8in. (48 x 71.4cm.)

Lot Essay

At least three other versions are known, in all of which the wood on the left is replaced by a rocky escarpment with additional cascades. A version dated 1624 and measuring 48 x 84cm. is in the Niedersächsische Landesgalerie, Hanover. A small unsigned version offered in these Rooms on 1 December 1978, lot 104, when described as on copper, may possibly be the panel sold at Sotheby's, 12 December 1984, lot 50. An even smaller version on copper with a standing shepherd in place of the piper at bottom left was sold in these Rooms, 23 May 1986, lot 99

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