Figures in a valley landscape at dawn

Details

FREDERIK DE MOUCHERON (EMDEN 1633-1686 AMSTERDAM)
Figures in a valley landscape at dawn
oil on canvas
28 3⁄8 x 36 ¼ in. (72.1 x 92.1 cm.)

Provenance

Arthur Fraser Walter (1846-1910), Bear Wood, Berkshire, and by whose estate sold,
[Sold by Order of the Executors of the late A.F. Walter, Esq., of Bear Wood]; Christie's, London, 20 June 1913, lot 129, as Attributed to Moucheron, 34 gns. to the following,
Ernest Makower, London, and by whom sold,
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 17 July 1925, lot 67, as F. Moucheron, (40 gns. to Lebas).
Anonymous sale; Hanzel Galleries, Chicago, 29 April 1996, lot 31, as '19th Century French School'.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 26 January 2011, lot 137, where acquired by the present owner.

Conditions of sale

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Lot Essay

When the painting last sold in 2011, Marijke de Kinkelder endorsed the attribution on the basis of photographs (private communication, 8 December 2010). She pointed out that the figures are painted by Adriaen van de Velde (1636–1672) and suggested a date of 1672, the year of Adriaen's death.

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