Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Peter van den Brink for endorsing the attribution and for suggesting a date of circa 1654 having seen the painting first hand (written communication, 16 December 2025).
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Property from the Estate of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island
CORNELIS PIETERSZ. BEGA (HAARLEM 1631-1664)
A cottage exterior with villagers gathering at a doorway
Details
CORNELIS PIETERSZ. BEGA (HAARLEM 1631-1664)
A cottage exterior with villagers gathering at a doorway
signed 'C Begga' (lower right)
oil on panel
15 5⁄8 x 13 5⁄8 in. (39.7 x 34.6 cm.)
A cottage exterior with villagers gathering at a doorway
signed 'C Begga' (lower right)
oil on panel
15 5⁄8 x 13 5⁄8 in. (39.7 x 34.6 cm.)
Provenance
Major Molyneux Williams, Penbedw Hall, Denbighshire, Wales (according to a stencil on the reverse).
William Robert Maurice Wynne (1840-1909), by 20 March 1885 (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 24 March 2007, lot 418, as Follower of Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade.
with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam and London (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Munich, 5 December 2019, lot 418.
William Robert Maurice Wynne (1840-1909), by 20 March 1885 (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Olympia, 24 March 2007, lot 418, as Follower of Adriaen Jansz. van Ostade.
with Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam and London (according to a label on the reverse).
Anonymous sale; Hampel Fine Art Auctions, Munich, 5 December 2019, lot 418.
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