Isaac de Moucheron Amsterdam 1667 - 1744

Possibly D. Muilman, his sale, Amsterdam, J. de Bosch/Yver, 29 March 1773, Kunstboek D, no. 240, acquired by C. Ploos van Amstel (not identifiable in his 1800 sale, which included numerous Moucheron hofgezichten);
M. Strauss, Vienna;
sale, Vienna, Wawra, 22-3 March 1926, lot 195;
Stephen Cann,
by whom sold, London, Sotheby's, 23 March 1971, lot 100;
with Gebr. Douwes, Amsterdam, 1972 (Winter exhibition, no.14);
sale, London, Christie's ("The Property of a Gentleman"), 3 July 1990, lot 95

Rotterdam, Kunsthal, European Master Drawings Unveiled, 2002, cat. no. 64

Nina Wedde, Isaac de Moucheron (1667 - 1744), 2 vols., Frankfurt am Main 1996, vol.I, p. 410, cat. no. W156, reproduced vol. II 

Slightly discoloured at edges from old mount. Minor losses, top edge. Otherwise very good and fresh.
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The majority of Moucheron's more formal and elaborate compositions date, like this example, from the last part of his career.