Abraham van der Hoef Haarlem 1611/12 - 1666

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Description

Abraham van der Hoef
a cavalry battle scene before a fortified town
signed in monogram and dated lower right: AH 1642
oil on panel

Provenance

Anonymous sale, London, Robinson and Fischer, 10 February 1938, lot 160;
Julius Reitlinger, Vienna;
Van Leeuwen Boomkamp, The Netherlands;
J.J. van Monsjou, Santpoort;
Anonymous sale, New York, Christie's, 16 April 1986, lot 87;
With Hoogsteder, The Hague, by 1991, where acquired by the present owners.

Exhibited

The Hague, Hoogsteder & Hoogsteder, The Hoogsteder exhibition of Dutch landscapes, 3-5 December 1991, pp. 76-7, cat. no. 15, reproduced (as A. van Hoef, active mid-17th Century in Delft?).

Catalogue Note

There are two wax seals on the reverse.