Lot Essay
We are grateful to Dr. Birgit Schumacher for confirming the attribution on the basis of photographs (verbal communication, 8 January 2009). She dates the painting to the beginning of the 1650s.
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A peasant attending a horse in a dune landscape
Details
Philips Wouwerman (Haarlem 1619-1668)
A peasant attending a horse in a dune landscape
signed with initials 'Ph.W.' (lower right)
oil on panel
18.5 x 26.5 cm.
a collector's wax seal on the reverse
A peasant attending a horse in a dune landscape
signed with initials 'Ph.W.' (lower right)
oil on panel
18.5 x 26.5 cm.
a collector's wax seal on the reverse
Provenance
Dr. Otto Hirschmann, Amsterdam, 1937-8.
with D. Katz, The Hague.
The Rt. Hon. Lord Cranworth.
Sir G. MacDonald.
with Eugene Slatter, London, 1955.
with H. Cramer, The Hague, 1959.
sold on 13 September 1959 (Dfl. 12,000) at an unknown auction.
with D. Katz, The Hague.
The Rt. Hon. Lord Cranworth.
Sir G. MacDonald.
with Eugene Slatter, London, 1955.
with H. Cramer, The Hague, 1959.
sold on 13 September 1959 (Dfl. 12,000) at an unknown auction.
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