Unloading the barge in an undulating landscape

Details

Barend Cornelis Koekkoek (Dutch, 1803-1862)
Unloading the barge in an undulating landscape
signed and dated 'B.C. Koekkoek.ft.1831.' (lower centre)
oil on canvas
57 x 72.5 cm.

Provenance

Fürst zu Wied, Neuwied, inv.no. 13, 1962.

Literature

Friedrich Gorissen, B.C. Koekkoek 1803-1862, Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde, Düsseldorf 1962, cat.no. 31/56-1, as: Sommerlandschaft.

Exhibited

Cleves, Stätisches Museum Haus Koekkoek, Ausstellung BC Koekkoek, 24 June-30 September 1962, cat.no. 15.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

In his book on Barend Cornelis Koekkoek, Friedrich Gorissen suggests that the present lot may have been one of a pair. The other painting, a winterlandscape, is recorded with cat.no. 31/56-2, as: Winterlandschaft.

The authenticity of the present lot has kindly been confirmed after firsthand examination by Drs Guido de Werd, director of Haus Koekkoek, Cleves.

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