Lot 133
  • 133

Esaias van de Velde

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Esaias van de Velde
  • Rolling landscape with cavaliers near a bridge over a waterfall
  • signed and dated lower centre: E. V. VELDE 1627
  • oil on panel

Provenance

Probably Michael Wolff, Berlin;
Probably his sale, Berlin, T. Müller, 25 May 1857, lot 740;
With P. Colnaghi, London, 1916;
Probably V. B., Berlin;
By whom sold, Berlin, P. Graupe, 27–29 May 1935, lot 195 (as signed E.V.V. 1627.);
Norman Hulme, London;
With Brian Koetser, London, 1966;
With Galerie F. Pallamar, Vienna, 1967;
With Gebr. Douwes Fine Art, Amsterdam, by 1969;
From whom purchased by the present owners.

Exhibited

London, Brian Koetser Gallery, Autumn Exhibition, 1966, no. 19 (with measurements reversed);
Vienna, Galerie F. Pallamar, Autumn Exhibition, 1967, no. 31 (with unverifiable and/or erroneous provenance);
Amsterdam, Gebr. Douwes Fine Art, 1981.

Literature

G.S. Keyes, Esaias van den Velde 1587–1630, Doornspijk 1984, p. 165, cat. no. 173, reproduced fig. 153.

Condition

The panel is flat, uncradled and beveled on all four sides. The paint surface is clear with a glossy, fresh varnish. Ultra violet inspection reveals an old campaign of restoration in the sky and scattered retouching in the rocks at the lower margin. Overall the work is in good condition. The painting is offered in a painted, carved wooden frame.
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