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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION
JAN WIJNANTS (HAARLEM 1631⁄2-1684 AMSTERDAM) AND ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (AMSTERDAM 1636-1672)
A wooded landscape with figures on a path and a lake beyond
Details
JAN WIJNANTS (HAARLEM 1631⁄2-1684 AMSTERDAM) AND ADRIAEN VAN DE VELDE (AMSTERDAM 1636-1672)
A wooded landscape with figures on a path and a lake beyond
signed with initials 'J.W' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59 7⁄8 x 75 1⁄8 in. (152.2 x 190.8 cm.)
A wooded landscape with figures on a path and a lake beyond
signed with initials 'J.W' (lower left)
oil on canvas
59 7⁄8 x 75 1⁄8 in. (152.2 x 190.8 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Graf von Stadion, Vienna (according to the following),
Baron Johann Baptiste Puthon (1773-1839), Vienna, and by descent to his daughter,
Julie, by whom sold circa 1840 through Artaria & Co. (Frimmel, op. cit., p. 20).
E. Netscher, Rotterdam, from whom acquired by,
Leonardus Pieter Klerk de Reus (1783-1860), The Hague, by 1842, from whom acquired in 1845 for 75,000 guilders as part of a group of 32 Dutch paintings by,
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim and W.A. Netscher (see Weber, op. cit., p. 185, note 15), on behalf of, Baron Anselm von Rothschild (1803-1874), and by descent to his son,
Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), and by inheritance to his brother,
Baron Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), and by descent to his son,
Baron Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild (1878-1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (1894-1967), Vienna, from whom confiscated by the Nazi authorities following the 'Anschluss' of Austria, March 1938 (inv. no. AR 867).
Selected for the 'Sonderauftrag Linz', by July 1940, and transferred to Kremsmünster monastery, Austria, 25 September 1942.
Recovered from Depot Sankt Agatha bei Goisern, Austria, August 1946, and transferred to Kremsmünster monastery, Austria, December 1946.
Restituted to Baroness Clarice von Rothschild, 1947, and transferred from Kremsmünster monastery, Austria, to,
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. 9100), July 1948, in exchange for export licences for other restituted works.
Restituted to the Rothschild family, March 1999; their sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 218, where acquired by,
J.E. Safra (b. 1947); Sotheby's, New York, 1 February 2018, lot 45, where acquired by the present owner.
Baron Johann Baptiste Puthon (1773-1839), Vienna, and by descent to his daughter,
Julie, by whom sold circa 1840 through Artaria & Co. (Frimmel, op. cit., p. 20).
E. Netscher, Rotterdam, from whom acquired by,
Leonardus Pieter Klerk de Reus (1783-1860), The Hague, by 1842, from whom acquired in 1845 for 75,000 guilders as part of a group of 32 Dutch paintings by,
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim and W.A. Netscher (see Weber, op. cit., p. 185, note 15), on behalf of, Baron Anselm von Rothschild (1803-1874), and by descent to his son,
Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), and by inheritance to his brother,
Baron Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), and by descent to his son,
Baron Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild (1878-1942) and Clarice de Rothschild (1894-1967), Vienna, from whom confiscated by the Nazi authorities following the 'Anschluss' of Austria, March 1938 (inv. no. AR 867).
Selected for the 'Sonderauftrag Linz', by July 1940, and transferred to Kremsmünster monastery, Austria, 25 September 1942.
Recovered from Depot Sankt Agatha bei Goisern, Austria, August 1946, and transferred to Kremsmünster monastery, Austria, December 1946.
Restituted to Baroness Clarice von Rothschild, 1947, and transferred from Kremsmünster monastery, Austria, to,
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. 9100), July 1948, in exchange for export licences for other restituted works.
Restituted to the Rothschild family, March 1999; their sale, Christie's, London, 8 July 1999, lot 218, where acquired by,
J.E. Safra (b. 1947); Sotheby's, New York, 1 February 2018, lot 45, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
(Possibly) J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1842, IX, pp. 747-748, no. 33, described in reverse; with an additional mounted huntsman and with incorrect horizontal dimension; and with correct provenance.
N. von Rothschild, Notizen über einige meiner Kunstgegenstände, Vienna, 1903, p. 32, no. 61.
T. van Frimmel, 'Zur Geschichte der Puthon’schen Gemälde-Sammlung', Blätter für Gemäldekunde, VII, 1912, p. 26.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century based on the work of John Smith, London, 1927, VIII, p. 529, no. 438.
Inventory of Palais Rothschild, Theresianumgasse, 1934, p. 187, no. 318.
G. Heinz and F. Klauner, Kunsthistorisches Museum Katalog der Gemäldegalerie: Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen, Vienna, 1963, II, p. 147, no. 419.
K. Demus, Katalog der Gemäldegalerie: Holländische Meister des 15., 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1972, p. 110.
S. Ferino-Pagden et. al. eds., Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien: Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Vienna, 1991, p. 136, pl. 523.
'Grande Aste', Antiquariato, September 1999, pp. 44 and 45, illustrated.
A. Weber, 'Moritz Daniel Oppenheim und die Familie Rothschild', in G. Heuberger and A. Merk, eds., Moritz Daniel Oppenheim: Die Entdeckung des jüdischen Selbstbewußtseins in der Kunst, exhibition catalogue, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, p. 185, note 15.
K. Eisele, Jan Wijnants (1631⁄32-1684): ein Niederländischer Maler der Ideallandschaft im Goldenen Jahrhundert, Stuttgart, 2000, p. 138, no. 93, pl. XVIII.
F. Kunth, 'Anselm von Rothschild, collector', The Rothschild Archive: Review of the Year April 2001-March 2002, 2002, p. 39, illustrated.
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, p. 1032, no. 867.
B. Schwarz, Hitlers Museum. Die Fotoalbum Gemäldegalerie Linz: Dokumente zum "Fuehrermuseum", Vienna, 2004, pp. 112 and 237, no. IV/10, illustrated.
F. Kunth, Die Rothschild’schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien, Vienna, 2006, pp. 102, note 191, 108, 230-1.
N. von Rothschild, Notizen über einige meiner Kunstgegenstände, Vienna, 1903, p. 32, no. 61.
T. van Frimmel, 'Zur Geschichte der Puthon’schen Gemälde-Sammlung', Blätter für Gemäldekunde, VII, 1912, p. 26.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century based on the work of John Smith, London, 1927, VIII, p. 529, no. 438.
Inventory of Palais Rothschild, Theresianumgasse, 1934, p. 187, no. 318.
G. Heinz and F. Klauner, Kunsthistorisches Museum Katalog der Gemäldegalerie: Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen, Vienna, 1963, II, p. 147, no. 419.
K. Demus, Katalog der Gemäldegalerie: Holländische Meister des 15., 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1972, p. 110.
S. Ferino-Pagden et. al. eds., Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien: Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Vienna, 1991, p. 136, pl. 523.
'Grande Aste', Antiquariato, September 1999, pp. 44 and 45, illustrated.
A. Weber, 'Moritz Daniel Oppenheim und die Familie Rothschild', in G. Heuberger and A. Merk, eds., Moritz Daniel Oppenheim: Die Entdeckung des jüdischen Selbstbewußtseins in der Kunst, exhibition catalogue, Frankfurt am Main, 1999, p. 185, note 15.
K. Eisele, Jan Wijnants (1631⁄32-1684): ein Niederländischer Maler der Ideallandschaft im Goldenen Jahrhundert, Stuttgart, 2000, p. 138, no. 93, pl. XVIII.
F. Kunth, 'Anselm von Rothschild, collector', The Rothschild Archive: Review of the Year April 2001-March 2002, 2002, p. 39, illustrated.
S. Lillie, Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens, Vienna, 2003, p. 1032, no. 867.
B. Schwarz, Hitlers Museum. Die Fotoalbum Gemäldegalerie Linz: Dokumente zum "Fuehrermuseum", Vienna, 2004, pp. 112 and 237, no. IV/10, illustrated.
F. Kunth, Die Rothschild’schen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien, Vienna, 2006, pp. 102, note 191, 108, 230-1.
Exhibited
Vienna, K. K. Österreichischen Museum, Gemälde alter Meister aus dem Wiener Privatbesitze, August-September 1873, no. 123, as 'Jan Wynants and Lingelbach' (lent by Baron Anselm Rothschild).
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1948-1999, on long-term loan.
Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1948-1999, on long-term loan.
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