Matthijs Maris (The Hague 1839-1917 London)

De oude stadspoort van Delft: The old citygate, Delft

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Matthijs Maris (The Hague 1839-1917 London)
De oude stadspoort van Delft: The old citygate, Delft
signed 'M M' (incised, lower right)
oil on panel
38.5 x 60 cm.
Painted circa 1854-1855.

Provenance

with Kunsthandel J.J. Biesing, The Hague.
Anonymous sale, Kunsthandel Oldenzeel, Rotterdam, 4 October 1911, lot 38, as: Oude Stadspoort (Oost).
Anonymous sale; A. Mak, Amsterdam, 9 March 1920, lot 52, as: Het kasteel.
Anonymous sale; A. Mak, Amsterdam, 1-2 May 1923, lot 118 (Nlg. 2,000), as: de oude stadspoort (Attributed to Matthijs Maris).
Acquired from the above by Kunsthandel E.J. van Wisselingh, Naarden/Amsterdam, 1923.
Collection Dirkzwager, Schiedam.

Literature

H.P. Bremmer, Moderne Kunstwerken, II, (1904), no. 29.

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Lot Essay

Maris painted the present painting after a lithograph by Charles Rochussen (1814-1894), which was published in the Kunstkronijk (10, 1841-42, p. 38). Matthijs' father worked at the printing house Führli in The Hague, were the Kunstkronijk was published, and would bring home prints for his sons to copy and practice.

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