Jacob van Mosscher (c. 1605-after 1650 ?Haarlem)

An extensive landscape with figures on a path and a farmhouse beneath a tree

Details

Jacob van Mosscher (c. 1605-after 1650 ?Haarlem)
An extensive landscape with figures on a path and a farmhouse beneath a tree
oil on panel
18 5/8 x 25 in. (47.3 x 63.5 cm.)
inscribed on reverse of panel ‘J. Slyper No. 1’

Provenance

Dr. Abraham Bredius (1855-1946), The Hague.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 12 December 1984, lot 61.
with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1985.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy J. Younger, Houston, by 1990.
with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, by 1993.
with Otto Naumann, Ltd., New York, where acquired by the present owner in 1996.

Literature

H.U. Beck, Künstler um Jan van Goyen: Maler und Zeichner, IV, Doornspijk, 1991, pp. 323, 327, no. 898, color pl. XLVIII.

Exhibited

Vienna, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Gemälde alter Meister, 1985-1986, no. 10.
Vienna, Galerie Sanct Lucas, Gemälde alter Meister, 1993-1994, no. 6.

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Lot Essay

Little is known about Jacob van Mosscher’s life and training. Active in Haarlem circa 1635-55, his palette and compositions of sloping dunes, generally anchored by a large tree in the middle ground, conform to the ideals established by artists like Jan van Goyen, Pieter Molijn and Salomon van Ruysdael. The present painting is an exceptional example of the artist's work.

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