A panaromic view of Leiden with figures under a tree in the foreground

Details

Anthonie Jansz. van der Croos (Alkmaar? 1606/7-1662/3 The Hague)
A panaromic view of Leiden with figures under a tree in the foreground
signed and dated 'A. CROO?. F 1650(?)' (lower centre)
oil on panel
41.8 x 55 cm.

Provenance

P. Smidt van Gelder; his sale, Galerie Moos, Geneva, 7 April 1933, lot 9.
Private collection, Berlin, 1984.
Anonymous sale; Leo Spik, Berlin, 13 October 1994, lot 409.

Exhibited

Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Holländische Malerei aus Berliner Privatbesitz, 1984, pp. 26-7, no. 10, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

From left to right the following buildings are depicted: the Marekerk, the Pieterskerk, the tower of the City Hall and the St. Pancras or Hooglandse Kerk.

The present lot is accompanied by a letter, dated 18 March 1981, from Dr. Jan Kelch, confirming the attribution. He compares the picture to a view of Leiden by Van der Croos of 1651 in the Butot collection (see L.J. Bol, Holländische Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts nahe den grossen Meistern-Landschaften und Stilleben, Munich, 1982, p. 170, fig. 161). He considers the present view 'die künstlerisch bedeutendere Fassung'.

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