Attributed to Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683) and Cornelis Vroom (c.1591-1661)

A Forest with Deer Hunters in the foreground

Details
Attributed to Nicolaes Berchem (1620-1683) and Cornelis Vroom (c.1591-1661)
A Forest with Deer Hunters in the foreground
bears indistinct signature and date 'N. Berchem 1659'
oil on panel--unframed
18 x 26in. (47 x 66cm.)
Provenance
The Marquis of Bute, no. 4.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Marijke de Kinkelder at the Rikjsbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie for suggesting that the landscape, executed in the 1630s, is by Cornelis Vroom. She notes that the figures, by Nicolaes Berchem, were added some years later.