Circle of Philips Wouwerman Haarlem 1619 - 1668

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 EUR

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Description

Philips Wouwerman
a dune landscape with fishmongers selling their ware an dtravellers on a path, a light house beyond
oil on panel

Provenance

Gräflich Harrachsche Gemälde-Galerie, Vienna, by 1825;
from whom bought by Dr. Johann Pribly, Vienna, 1949;
Anonymous sale, Vienna, Palais Kinsky, 24 October 2000, lot 411;
With Charles Roelofsz., Amsterdam, from whom bought by the present owner, 2003 (all the above as by Philips Wouwerman).

Literature

H. Ritschl, Katalog der Erlaucht Gräflich Harrachschen Gemälde=Galerie in Wien, Vienna 1926, p.37, no. 295.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke..., vol. II, Esslingen, Paris 1908, p. 572, no. 983.

Catalogue Note

This Dune Landscape was long thought to be an early work by Philips Wouwerman. C. Hofstede de Groot was however one of the first to express his doubts, when he remarked: Hübsches frühes Bild - wenn es nicht eher ein guter Pieter Wouwerman ist (see Literature). It has recently been studied by Birgit Schumacher, who thinks that although probably painted within his circle, it is not by the artist himself. She compares the composition with other works by Wouwerman painted in the second half of the 1640s, which are influenced in theme and composition by the paintings of Pieter van Laer. See for example the Inn on the Beach shore, Hermitage, St. Petersburg, which can be dated around 1647/8 (see B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668). The Horse Painter of the Golden Age, Doornspijk 2006, p. 363/4, no. A490, reproduced, vol. II, fig. 428).