Cornelis de Man Delft 1621 - 1706

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Description

Cornelis de Man
the interior of the oude kerk in delft, from the southern aisle to the northern transept, with elegant couples, and men digging in the foreground
signed (strengthened) lower left: CAD (in compendium) Man. fecit
oil on panel, in a carved and giltwood frame

Provenance

With Leger Galleries, by 1970.

Literature

B. Nicolson, in: The Burlington Magazine, CXII (1970), p. 318, reproduced fig. 61;
W.A. Liedtke, Architectural Painting in Delft. Gerard Houckgeest, Hendrick van Vliet, Emanuel de Witte, Doornspijk 1982, pp. 121-123, cat. no. 293, reproduced fig. 106;
W.A. Liedtke, A View of Delft. Vermeer and his Contemporaries, Zwolle 2000, pp. 137 and 278, under note 228.

Catalogue Note

A broader version of this composition, showing De Oude Kerk in Delft: a view from the southern aisle to the north, was sold Paris, Ader Tajan, 14 December 1992, lot 35 (see under Literature below, Liedtke 2000, p. 137, reproduced fig. 180).

Dr Walter A. Liedtke has kindly confirmed the attribution to De Man on the basis of photographs (see also under Literature below).

This lot is offered with a photostat certificate by Dr. Walther Bernt, dated 29 March 1973, stating this painting to be by Cornelis de Man.