Property from a Private Collection
ATTRIBUTED TO PIETER DE BLOOT | A RIVERLANDSCAPE WITH FARMERS AND CATTLE ON A BOAT, AND A COTTAGE AND WINDMILL
Lot Closed
May 29, 06:54 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ATTRIBUTED TO PIETER DE BLOOT
Rotterdam circa 1601/2 - 1658
A RIVERLANDSCAPE WITH FARMERS AND CATTLE ON A BOAT, AND A COTTAGE AND WINDMILL
illegibly signed central right on the ledge by the river: CSO?
oil on panel
panel: 21¼ by 35⅜ in.; 54 by 89.9 cm.
framed: 31¼ by 45¼ in.; 79.4 by 114.9 cm.
Národní Galerie, Prague (inv. no. DO 2125, as Anonymous Dutch Master from the first half of the 17th Century);
Restituted to the original owner in 1953;
Private collection;
Thence by descent.
We are grateful to Dr. Fred Meijer for suggesting the attribution to Pieter de Bloot. In 2018, Sotheby's sold a riverlandscape by De Bloot with a similar bold handling of the paint as in the present lot for £62,500.(1)
1. Anonymous sale ('Property from a Scottish Private Collection'), London, Sotheby's, 6 December 2018, lot 124.