Lot Essay
Jan de Meere has confirmed the authenticity of this work is on the basis of a photograph and suggests the ruin could be the Vianden Castle in Luxemburg which Koekkoek often painted in the 1840s.
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Figures and Cattle on a Path in Wooded Landscape with a Castle Beyond
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Barend Cornelius Koekkoek (Dutch, 1803-1862)
Koekkoek, B.C.
Figures and Cattle on a Path in Wooded Landscape with a Castle Beyond
signed and dated 'BC Koekkoek ft. 1857' (lower left)
oil on panel
14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1857
Koekkoek, B.C.
Figures and Cattle on a Path in Wooded Landscape with a Castle Beyond
signed and dated 'BC Koekkoek ft. 1857' (lower left)
oil on panel
14 x 18 in. (35.5 x 47 cm.)
Painted in 1857
Sale room notice
Please note Guido de Werd not Jan de Meere has authenticated this work.