Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh Rotterdam 1609 or 1611 - 1670

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Description

Hendrick Maertensz. Sorgh
a court with a maid feeding hens and a cockerel perched upon a wooden barrel
signed centre right: HM (in ligature) Sorgh
oil on panel

Provenance

James Smith (1768-1843), Ashlyns Park, Hertfordshire, probably bought in the 1830s;
Thence by descent.

Catalogue Note

Sorgh specialized in market scenes and barn interiors, and occasionally, genre-like portraits. This hofje is characteristically intimate and informal, both in its composition and in the treatment of the subject.

According to Houbraken, Hendrick Martensz. Sorgh was a pupil of David Teniers the Younger (1610-1690) and Willem Pietersz. Buytewech (1591/2-1624). In 1633 he married in Rotterdam and was also appointed market-boatman which he remained for the rest of his life.