Isaac de Moucheron

Cornelis Bouman,
his sale, Amsterdam, de Leth, 18 August 1744, Kb. C no 20 (together with a View of Cromwijk on the Vecht, now in the Pierpont Morgan Museum & Library, New York);
G. van der Pals,
his sale, Rotterdam, Lamme, 1 April 1840, Kb. E no 29;
Arkady Nicolayevitch Alferoff (cat. IV, 25),
by whom bequeathed in 1872 to the Kharkov University Museum of Art, Ukraine,
by whom sold, Leipzig, C.G. Boerner, 29 April 1931, lot 167;
C.P. van Eeghen, The Hague (bears his mark, verso, not in Lugt);
bears another unidentified collector's mark, verso (not in Lugt) 

Amsterdam, Museum Fodor, Verzameling Mr. Chr. P. van Eeghen, 1935, no. 71;
Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, De verzameling van Chr. P. van Eeghen, 1958, no. 70

A. Staring, 'Isaac de Moucheron als ontwerper van gevels en tuinen,' Oud Holland, 65, 1950, p. 99, fig. 6;
J.W. Niemeijer, 'Varia Topografica V. Het buiten Cromwijk door Isaac de Moucheron,' Oud Holland, 87, 1973, p. 56, fig. 3; p. 59 note 10;
N. Wedde, Isaac de Moucheron (1667-1744), 2 vols., Frankfurt-am-Main 1996, vol. I, pp. 339-40, no. W15, reproduced vol. II, pl. 115

Remains of old mounting strip down left edge, verso. Slightly discoloured on verso along narrow strip at top, from previous mounting, Some minor abrasion towards extreme edges, but colours and overall condition generally fresh and good. Sold in a modern black wood frame.
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Another watercolour by Moucheron of the same location is known, executed much earlier in his career, in 1713.  The present work was probably commissioned, along with the view of Cromwijk with which it was sold in 1744, because the house of Spaarenhout had belonged to the famous poet Lucas Schermer (1688-1711).  The identification of the location is confirmed by the print by Jan Vincentsz. van der Vinne, no. 8 in a series of views around Haarlem, published by B. Cleynhens, circa 1700.¹

1. C. Bertram, Noord-Hollands Arcadia, Alphen aan den Rijn 2005, p. 300, no. AP-378