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Philips Wouwerman
Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description
- Philips Wouwerman
- a lakeside halt with travellers resting
- signed in monogram lower left: PHiLs W
- oil on oak panel
Provenance
Count Grégoire Koucheleff-Besborodko, St. Petersburg, by 1842;
Probably his sale, London, Foster, 7 July 1869;
With Van Diemen & Co. and Dr. Benedict & Co., Berlin;
By whom sold partly by exchange on 13 December 1930, for 20,000 Reichsmarks to August Neuerburg (died 1944), Elbchaussee 77, Hamburg-Blankenese;
Thence by descent.
Probably his sale, London, Foster, 7 July 1869;
With Van Diemen & Co. and Dr. Benedict & Co., Berlin;
By whom sold partly by exchange on 13 December 1930, for 20,000 Reichsmarks to August Neuerburg (died 1944), Elbchaussee 77, Hamburg-Blankenese;
Thence by descent.
Literature
J. Smith, Supplement to the Catalogue Raisonné..., London 1842, p. 178, no. 115;
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. II, London 1909, p. 380, no. 436.
Condition
"The following condition report has been provided by Henry Gentle, an independent restorer who is not an employee of Sotheby's.
The oak panel is cradled and in a very good flat condition with no deformations and only one minor hairline crack, top left. Apart from one or two discoloured restorations to the sky and the foreground and some augmentation to the hat of the central standing figure, the paint surface is in an exceptionally good untouched condition. The paint texture and impasto are well preserved and the removal of the discoloured varnish would improve the tonality.
Offered in a plain moulded burr wood and gilt frame, in good condition."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
"This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
Catalogue Note
We are grateful to Dr. Birgit Schumacher for confirming that this is a work from the early part of Wouwerman's last phase, datable to the early 1660s. Hitherto, Dr. Schumacher knew this work only from a dark photograph taken when it was with Van Diemen, which is why it is not included in her recently published catalogue raisonné.
Count Grégoire Koucheleff-Besborodko, who owned this picture in the 19th century, was forced to sell his collection of 71 Old Masters in 1869 due to the spendthrift nature of his wife which, even after the dissolution of their marriage in 1866, continued to burden him with debt. He also owned Wouwerman's Horse shoeing before a tent (see B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman, Doornspijk 2006, p. 186, no. A41, reproduced vol. II, fig. 40).
Count Grégoire Koucheleff-Besborodko, who owned this picture in the 19th century, was forced to sell his collection of 71 Old Masters in 1869 due to the spendthrift nature of his wife which, even after the dissolution of their marriage in 1866, continued to burden him with debt. He also owned Wouwerman's Horse shoeing before a tent (see B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman, Doornspijk 2006, p. 186, no. A41, reproduced vol. II, fig. 40).