Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Wolfgang Schulz for confirming the attribution from photographs. The painting will be included in his forthcoming catalogue raisonn of paintings by van der Neer.
A river Landscape with Peasants on a Path by a Canal, a Town beyond
Details
Aert van der Neer* (1603/4-1677)
A river Landscape with Peasants on a Path by a Canal, a Town beyond
signed with double monogram 'AVDN'
oil on canvas
13 x 16in. (33 x 40.6cm.)
A river Landscape with Peasants on a Path by a Canal, a Town beyond
signed with double monogram 'AVDN'
oil on canvas
13 x 16in. (33 x 40.6cm.)
Provenance
M.J. Haller, Hamburg, by whom bequeathed to the Hamburg Kunsthalle in 1883.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, from whom purchased by the present owner.
with Newhouse Galleries, New York, from whom purchased by the present owner.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue raisonn, etc., 1918, VII, p. 340, no. 39a as 'canvas laid down on panel'.