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Property from a Private Connecticut Collection

ROELOF JANSZ. VAN VRIES | CITYSCAPE WITH A FORTIFIED ENTRANCE TO A TOWN ON A RIVER

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May 29, 06:57 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 USD

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Property from a Private Connecticut Collection


ROELOF JANSZ. VAN VRIES

Haarlem 1630/1 - after 1681 Amsterdam

A CITYSCAPE WITH A FORTIFIED ENTRANCE TO A TOWN ON A RIVER


signed lower right: R. Vries

oil on panel

panel: 11¼ by 14½ in.; 28.6 by 36.8 cm.

framed: 18 by 21 in.; 45.7 by 53.3 cm.

Signor A. Kanner, by 1964 (according to a label on the reverse); 

Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 7 November 1985, lot 34.

This picturesque Dutch scene is a fine example of the works produced by the prolific landscape artist Roelof Jansz. Van Vries in the second half of the seventeenth century. In addition to his hometown of Haarlem, Van Vries was also active Leiden and Amsterdam, and he was influenced by a number of his contemporaries, such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Meindert Hobbema, and Cornelis Decker.