The SØR Rusche Collection Online
The SØR Rusche Collection Online
Lot Closed
May 10, 03:17 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from the SØR Rusche Collection
AERT JANSZ. MARIENHOF
Utrecht circa 1626 - after 1652 Brussels
RIVER LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES ON A PATH AND CROSSING A BRIDGE
signed and dated lower center: marienhof. f. / .1652.
oil on oak panel
unframed: 33.7 x 50.4 cm.; 13¼ x 19¾ in.
framed: 52 x 69 cm.; 20½ x 27¼ in.
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Marienhof is known as a history painter, and landscapes such as this are extremely rare. Most of his pictures were painted in Utrecht before 1650, by which year, according to Houbraken, he had moved to Brussels. The present picture, one of his latest works, shows the influence of Brussels School landscapists such as Lodewijk de Vadder and Jacques d'Arthois, particularly in the handling of the bank to the left of the composition. A similar landscape, also signed and dated 1652, was sold London, Christie's, 13 December 1991, lot 201.