Lot Essay
We would like to thank Alan Chong for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs.
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A river landscape at sunset, with a cowherd and his cows
Details
Abraham Pietersz. van Calraet (Dordrecht 1642-1722)
A river landscape at sunset, with a cowherd and his cows
with signature 'A cüyp' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 ¼ x 38 ¼ in. (71.8 x 97.2 cm.)
A river landscape at sunset, with a cowherd and his cows
with signature 'A cüyp' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 ¼ x 38 ¼ in. (71.8 x 97.2 cm.)
Provenance
Baron Anselm Salomon Rothschild (1803-1874), Vienna, and by descent to his son,
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898), Waddesdon Manor, Berkshire, and by inheritance to his brother,
Baron Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), and by descent to his son,
Baron Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (1882-1955), Vienna, inv. no. L7, from whom confiscated in 1938 by the Nazi Party and allocated to the following,
Kunstmuseum Linz, inv. no. 3218 and stored at Kremsmünster Abbey, from where transferred 16 December 1943 to,
Munich Central Collecting Point, inv. no. 4829.
Repatriated to the Austrian government 16 May 1946, by whom restituted 30 November 1947 to the Rothschild family, by whom loaned to the following,
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv. no. 9093, 1948-1999, from where returned to the following,
Rothschild family,
The Collection of Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild; sold Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 217.
Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild (1839-1898), Waddesdon Manor, Berkshire, and by inheritance to his brother,
Baron Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), and by descent to his son,
Baron Louis Nathaniel de Rothschild (1882-1955), Vienna, inv. no. L7, from whom confiscated in 1938 by the Nazi Party and allocated to the following,
Kunstmuseum Linz, inv. no. 3218 and stored at Kremsmünster Abbey, from where transferred 16 December 1943 to,
Munich Central Collecting Point, inv. no. 4829.
Repatriated to the Austrian government 16 May 1946, by whom restituted 30 November 1947 to the Rothschild family, by whom loaned to the following,
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, inv. no. 9093, 1948-1999, from where returned to the following,
Rothschild family,
The Collection of Barons Nathaniel and Albert von Rothschild; sold Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 217.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, II, London, 1909, p. 73, no. 226, as 'Aelbert Cuyp', in the collection of the late Baron Ferdinand von Rothschild, Vienna; duplicated entry p. 135, no. 445, mentioning a horseman on the right.
G. Heinz and F. Klauner, eds., Katalog der Gemäldegalerie, II, Teil, Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen, Vienna, 1963, no. 772, as 'Aelbert Cuyp'.
K. Demus, ed., Katalog der Gemäldegalerie, Holländische Meister des 15., 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1972, p. 23, as 'Aelbert Cuyp circa 1660-70, the signature probably later.'
C. Brandstätter, ed., Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien, Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Vienna, 1991, no. 9093, p. 48, fig. 526, as 'Studio (?) of Cuyp, circa 1660'.
A. Chong, Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape, PhD dissertation, New York University, 1992, pp. 508-509, no. Cael 11.
G. Haase, Die Kunstsammlung Adolf Hitler, Berlin, 2002, p. 218, as 'Aelbert Cuyp'.
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, p. 1116.
B. Schwarz, Hitlers Museum, Die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz,Vienna and Cologne, 2004, pp. 112 and 238, no. IV/14, illustrated.
F. Kunth, Die Rothschild'schen Gemaldesammlungen in Wien, Vienna, 2006, pp. 58, 81, 180-181, fig. 1, illustrated on the dust-jacket, as 'Aelbert Cuyp ?'.
G. Heinz and F. Klauner, eds., Katalog der Gemäldegalerie, II, Teil, Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen, Vienna, 1963, no. 772, as 'Aelbert Cuyp'.
K. Demus, ed., Katalog der Gemäldegalerie, Holländische Meister des 15., 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1972, p. 23, as 'Aelbert Cuyp circa 1660-70, the signature probably later.'
C. Brandstätter, ed., Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien, Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Vienna, 1991, no. 9093, p. 48, fig. 526, as 'Studio (?) of Cuyp, circa 1660'.
A. Chong, Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape, PhD dissertation, New York University, 1992, pp. 508-509, no. Cael 11.
G. Haase, Die Kunstsammlung Adolf Hitler, Berlin, 2002, p. 218, as 'Aelbert Cuyp'.
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, p. 1116.
B. Schwarz, Hitlers Museum, Die Fotoalben Gemäldegalerie Linz,Vienna and Cologne, 2004, pp. 112 and 238, no. IV/14, illustrated.
F. Kunth, Die Rothschild'schen Gemaldesammlungen in Wien, Vienna, 2006, pp. 58, 81, 180-181, fig. 1, illustrated on the dust-jacket, as 'Aelbert Cuyp ?'.
Exhibited
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Kunstschatten uit Weenen, 1947, no. 43, as 'Aelbert Cuyp'.
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1948-1999, inv. no. 9093.
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1948-1999, inv. no. 9093.
Sale room notice
Please note there is additional literature for this lot, which does not appear in the printed catalogue:
A. Chong, Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape, PhD dissertation, New York University, 1992, pp. 508-509, no. Cael 11.
A. Chong, Aelbert Cuyp and the Meanings of Landscape, PhD dissertation, New York University, 1992, pp. 508-509, no. Cael 11.
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