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Timotheus de Graef Amsterdam circa 1650 - after 1718
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Description
- Timotheus de Graef
- An extensive wooded river landscape with fishermen near a river, and sportsmen and travellers on a path
- signed and dated lower right TIMO. DE GRAAF/Anno 1685
- oil on canvas
Provenance
Holthe tot Echten, Havezathe Echten, Echten,
Thence by descent to the present owner;
Offered, The Hague, Glerum, 13 November 1995, lot 23.
Thence by descent to the present owner;
Offered, The Hague, Glerum, 13 November 1995, lot 23.
Catalogue Note
This relatively unknown landscape and cityscape painter Timotheus de Graef was active in Amsterdam between 1650 and 1718, where he was active as an art dealer. His landscapes are of an italianate character. See for other examples a signed Evening landscape with travellers and a fisherman, offered London, Sotheby's, 18 April 2000, lot 270 and An italianate landscape attributed to De Graef, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. A1321).