A Rhenish river landscape with a city below and a monastery on a hill

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Jan Griffier I (Amsterdam 1652-1718 London)
A Rhenish river landscape with a city below and a monastery on a hill
signed 'J:GRIFFIER' (lower left)
oil on panel
14½ x 19 3/8 in. (36.8 x 49.3 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Jan Griffier was born in Amsterdam and studied landscape painting under Roland Roghman and Jan Looten. He later moved to London where he painted views executed from his wine-boat. Most of his production, however, was devoted to pictures of small format depicting Rhine and Moselle landscapes, of which this is an example, and which were close in style to the work of Herman Saftleven. His two sons, Jan and Robert, also painted, often in the style of their father.

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