Lot 120
120
AERT VAN DER NEER (GORINCHEM 1603-1677 AMSTERDAM)
AERT VAN DER NEER (GORINCHEM 1603-1677 AMSTERDAM)
AERT VAN DER NEER (GORINCHEM 1603-1677 AMSTERDAM)
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE HON. PATRICK AND LADY AMABEL LINDSAY (LOTS 119 & 120)
AERT VAN DER NEER (GORINCHEM 1603-1677 AMSTERDAM)

A wooded river landscape with woodcutters, fishermen pulling in their nets beyond

Details
AERT VAN DER NEER (GORINCHEM 1603-1677 AMSTERDAM)
A wooded river landscape with woodcutters, fishermen pulling in their nets beyond
signed with monogram 'AVDN' (lower right)
oil on canvas
26 ¾ x 31 ¾ in. (67.9 x 80.8 cm.)
Provenance
Philippus van der Land (c.1695-1776), Amsterdam; (†) his sale, de Winter et. al., Amsterdam, 22 May 1776, lot 62.
Johann Jakob Faesch (1732-1796), Basel, by 1779.
Baron Johan Gijsbert Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845), The Hague, where acquired en bloc in 1846 by,
Samuel Jones Loyd, later 1st Baron Overstone (1796-1883), London, and by descent to his daughter,
Harriet Loyd-Lindsay (née Jones-Loyd), Lady Wantage (1837-1920), 2 Carlton Gardens, London, by whom bequeathed with the contents of the house to,
David Lindsay, 27th Earl of Crawford and 10th Earl of Balcarres (1871-1940), and by descent to his son,
David Lindsay, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres (1900-1975), by whom given to his son,
The Hon. Patrick Lindsay (1928-1986).
Literature
J.G. Meusel, Miscellaneen artistischen Innhalts, Erfurt, 1779, II, pp. 28 and 31.
G. F. Waagen, Treasures of Art in Great Britain, Supplement: Galleries and cabinets of art in Great Britain, Letter III, Lord Overstone's Collection, London, 1857, p. 134, where listed in the Dining Room at Carlton Gardens.
A Catalogue of Pictures forming the collection of Lord and Lady Wantage at 2 Carlton Gardens, London and Lockinge House, Berks and Overstone Park and Ardington House, London, 1902, p. 101, no. 161, illustrated; 1905, p. 112, no. 161, illustrated, where listed in the Dining Room at Carlton Gardens.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1923, VII, pp. 383-384, no. 237.
W. Schulz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk, 2002, p. 270, no. 576.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1849, no. 80 (lent by Samuel Jones Loyd).
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition: Exhibition of works by the Old Masters, 1871, no. 177 (lent by Lord Overstone).
London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Loan Exhibition, 23 April-21 July 1895, no. 138 (lent by Lord Wantage).
London, Royal Academy, Winter Exhibition: Exhibition of works by the Old Masters, 1907, no. 59 (lent by Lady Wantage).

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A note on the provenance
Lots 119 and 120 are from the collection partly inherited and partly formed by Patrick Lindsay and arranged with characteristic taste by Lady Amabel, whom he married in 1955, in their house in Lansdowne Road. Brought up with great works of art, Patrick spent some time with his father’s friend, Bernard Berenson, before becoming a director of Christie’s in 1955. As head of the picture department, he made a very significant contribution to the post-war revival of Christie’s. No one who knew him will forget his instinctive response to great works of art, the conviction with which this was expressed, or the flair with which he pursued the interests that mattered to him.

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