Lot Essay
This picture is sold with a photocopy of a certificate by Dr. Walther Bernt, dated 9 February 1974.
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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTOR
Aert van der Neer (1603/4-1677)
A Fire at Night in a Town on a River with a Ferry in the Foreground
Details
Aert van der Neer (1603/4-1677)
A Fire at Night in a Town on a River with a Ferry in the Foreground
signed with two monograms 'AV DN'
oil on canvas
17½ x 21½in. (44.5 x 54.7cm.)
A Fire at Night in a Town on a River with a Ferry in the Foreground
signed with two monograms 'AV DN'
oil on canvas
17½ x 21½in. (44.5 x 54.7cm.)
Provenance
Hölscher Collection, Mülheim.
Hölscher-Stumpf Collection, Berlin, by 1908.
Geheimrat Johann Stumpf; sale, Lepke, Berlin, 7 May 1918, lot 78.
Anon. Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 11 Dec. 1985, lot 525 (AS 900,000 = £34,602).
Hans Wertitsch, Vienna, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Hölscher-Stumpf Collection, Berlin, by 1908.
Geheimrat Johann Stumpf; sale, Lepke, Berlin, 7 May 1918, lot 78.
Anon. Sale, Dorotheum, Vienna, 11 Dec. 1985, lot 525 (AS 900,000 = £34,602).
Hans Wertitsch, Vienna, from whom acquired by the present owner.
Literature
M.G. Zimmermann, Niederländische Bilder des 17 Jahrhunderts, Leipzig, 1908, p. 41.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VII, London, 1923, p. 430, no. 451.
F. Bachmann, Aert van der Neer, Bremen, 1982, p. 107, pl. 77 and illustrated in colour p. 71.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, etc., VII, London, 1923, p. 430, no. 451.
F. Bachmann, Aert van der Neer, Bremen, 1982, p. 107, pl. 77 and illustrated in colour p. 71.