Figures and boats on a beach

Details

Willem Gillisz. Kool (Haarlem 1608/9-1666)
Figures and boats on a beach
with monogram 'SvR.' (lower left)
oil on panel
15¾ x 19 5/8 in. (40 x 49.9 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. Sale, Christie's, London 4 April 1986, lot 135.
Anon. Sale, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 6 November 2001, lot 47.

Literature

H.-U. Beck, Künstler um Jan van Goyen, Doornspijk, 1991, IV, p. 259, no. 710.

Special notice

This lot is subject to Collection and Storage Charges. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

Active in Haarlem, Kool was strongly influenced by the oeuvres of Van Goyen and Ruysdael, whilst also displaying stylistic affinities with Cornelis Beelt. The present picture is characteristic of his work: a beach scene with a shadowed foreground, lit in the middle ground by a patch of light, the staffage employed in groups to further the sense of distance.

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