- 106
Attributed to Jan Josefsz. van Goyen
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Description
- River Scene with a Fortified Shore
- oil on panel, unframed
Provenance
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, July 18, 1896, lot 69 to
Agnews for £71.8;
Anonymous sale, London, May 27, 1897, no. 97 to Colnaghi for £115.10;
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1906;
Paul Mersch, Paris;
By whom sold, Paris, May 8, 1908, no. 36 to Bouillé for ff 8300.
Agnews for £71.8;
Anonymous sale, London, May 27, 1897, no. 97 to Colnaghi for £115.10;
With P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1906;
Paul Mersch, Paris;
By whom sold, Paris, May 8, 1908, no. 36 to Bouillé for ff 8300.
Literature
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, vol. VIII, London 1927, p. 231 & 236, cat. nos. 925 & 956;
H.-U. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656, Amsterdam 1973, p. 328, cat. no. 723, reproduced.
Catalogue Note
In a written communication and based on recent photographs, Dr. Hans-Ulrich Beck re-confirmed the present painting to be by van Goyen.