Lot Essay
The composition of this work bears a close resemblance to that of Van de Velde's A cow in a pasture, also dated 1658, in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (inv. 903A).
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Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam 1636-1672)
A grey horse at a gate with sheep
Details
Adriaen van de Velde (Amsterdam 1636-1672)
A grey horse at a gate with sheep
signed and dated 'A.V Velde f 1658' (lower right, on the gate)
oil on panel
9¼ x 8 1/8 in. (23.5 x 20.6 cm.)
A grey horse at a gate with sheep
signed and dated 'A.V Velde f 1658' (lower right, on the gate)
oil on panel
9¼ x 8 1/8 in. (23.5 x 20.6 cm.)
Provenance
Fritz Gans, Frankfurt am Main, by 1912. with Bachstitz Gallery, The Hague, by 1921.
Nikodem Caro (1875-1935), Berlin, and by descent to the present owner.
Nikodem Caro (1875-1935), Berlin, and by descent to the present owner.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, London, 1907-1927, IV, no. 332.
K.W. Bachstitz, The Bachstitz Gallery Collection, Berlin, 1921, I, no. 55.
K.W. Bachstitz, The Bachstitz Gallery Collection, Berlin, 1921, I, no. 55.
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