Sale 7448
London
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7 December 2007
Price realised
GBP 13,700
Estimate
Hendrick de Meijer (active Rotterdam 1646-1689) View of the Oude Hoofdpoort, Rotterdam, with sportsmen shooting duck in the foreground signed with initials and dated 'HDM 1650' (on a boat, lower left) oil on panel 23 1/8 x 32 7/8 in. (58.7 x 83.6 cm.)
Provenance
The Dukes of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Herefordshire, and by descent.
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Literature
Historical and Descriptive Catalogue of Pictures belonging to His Grace the Duke of Leeds, privately published, London, 1902, p. 76, no. 227, Second Drawing Room, as 'Dutch Canal Scene, Van Goyen'.
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