Dirck Verhaert (Haarlem? c. 1610-c. 1680 Leiden?)
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Dirck Verhaert (Haarlem? c. 1610-c. 1680 Leiden?)

A burning city by a river with figures fleeing in the foreground

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Dirck Verhaert (Haarlem? c. 1610-c. 1680 Leiden?)
A burning city by a river with figures fleeing in the foreground
signed 'D. V. H.' (centre below)
oil on panel
40.2 x 60.6 cm.
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 6 December 1946, as V. Heil (according to a label on reverse).
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

We are grateful to Mrs. Marijke de Kinkelder of the Rijksbureau voor Kunsthistorische Documentatie, The Hague for confirming the attribution (written communication, 23 March 2007).

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