Circle of Aert van der Neer

C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, vol. VII, London 1923, p. 449, cat. no. 524 (as Aert van der Neer);
W. Schulz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk 2002, p. 168, cat. no.  135 (as probably authentic).

The canvas has an old lining which is sound though a little stiff. The paint surface is rather worn throughout and seems to have undergone several separate campaigns of restoration. Both the figures, and landscape, are affected. Sold with a nineteenth century gilt frame.
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