ATTRIBUTED TO PIETER WOUWERMAN | SOLDIERS AND THEIR HORSES RESTING BY RUINS IN A RIVER LANDSCAPE, WITH FIGURES BATHING

Anonymous sale, Frankfurt, Bangel, 17 October 1928, lot 302 (as Pieter Wouwerman);

Anonymous sale, Heidelberg, Tenner, 22 May 1965, lot 3188 (as Circle of Johannes Lingelbach and described as monogrammed; when advertised in Die Weltkunst, 15 May 1965, p. 417);

With Galerie Kurt J. Müllenmeister, Solingen;

Carl Schünemann, Bremen, 1968, from whom acquired.

Münster, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, on loan, 1977–85;

Schieder-Schwalenberg, Robert-Koepke-Haus, Wege durch das Land - Inventar der Landschaft. Niederländische Landschaftsschilderungen vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert, 2000, no. 20;

Rotterdam, Kunsthal, At Home in the Golden Age, 9 February – 18 May 2008, no. 34 (as Lingelbach).

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C. Burger-Wegener, Johannes Lingelbach, doctoral diss., Berlin 1976, p. 333, cat. no. 213 (as Lingelbach);

K.J. Müllenmeister, Meer und Land im Licht das 17. Jahrhunderts, Bremen 1981, vol. II, p. 90, cat. no. 231, reproduced (as Lingelbach);

H.-J. Raupp (ed.), Niederländische Malerei des. 17. Jahrhunderts der SØR Rusche-Sammlung, vol. 2, Genre, Münster/Hamburg/London 1996, pp. 152–55, cat. no. 36, reproduced in colour (as Lingelbach);

Wege durch das Land - Inventar der Landschaft. Niederländische Landschaftsschilderungen vom 16. bis 18. Jahrhundert, exh. cat., Schwalenberg 2000, cat. no. 20;

W. Pijbes, M. Aarts, M. J. Bok et al., At Home in the Golden Age, exh. cat., Zwolle 2008, p. 54, cat. no. 34, reproduced in colour (as Lingelbach).

Many artists followed the example of Philips Wouwerman, including his younger brother Pieter. Hailing from Haarlem, the Wouwermans were influenced by the work of the Dutch Italianate bamboccianti, following the tradition of Pieter van Laer. From executing genre scenes they went on to paint equestrian scenes, hunting parties, cavalry battles and military encampments - Philips Wouwerman's skill in depicting horses was highly prized both during his lifetime and by collectors through the 18th and 19th centuries, and his works were emulated by numerous followers.

This painting reflects the influence of the bamboccianti in the use of light and strong shadows, but the imaginary setting includes quintessentially Dutch details, such as the windmill visible in the distance.