Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Old Masters Day Sale, including portrait miniatures from the collection of the late Dr Erika Pohl-Ströher
Property from The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Lodewijk de Vadder
A wooded landscape with peasants resting
Lot Closed
December 9, 02:25 PM GMT
Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from The Juli and Andrew Wieg Collection
Lodewijk de Vadder
Brussels 1605 - 1655
A wooded landscape with peasants resting
signed with monogram lower right: LDV
oil on oak panel
unframed: 50 x 62.3 cm.; 19⅝ x 24½ in.
framed: 66.5 x 79.7 cm.; 26⅛ x 31⅜ in.
Mr Wildman of Thursford, Norfolk;
Sale, London, Christie's, 15 June 1882, lot 67 (as Artois and Teniers), for 4 1/2 guineas, to James Colquhoun on behalf of James Ewing;
James Ewing;
Ian Hamilton Lowood, Melrose;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 July 1977, lot 116;
Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Lady’), London, Christie's, 14 July 1978, lot 22, where acquired for the Wieg collection.
Sale, London, Christie's, 15 June 1882, lot 67 (as Artois and Teniers), for 4 1/2 guineas, to James Colquhoun on behalf of James Ewing;
James Ewing;
Ian Hamilton Lowood, Melrose;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 8 July 1977, lot 116;
Anonymous sale (‘The Property of a Lady’), London, Christie's, 14 July 1978, lot 22, where acquired for the Wieg collection.
There is no record of Lodewijk de Vadder’s education, but it is known that he came from a family of painters, and it is thought that he first studied with his brother, Philippe. Lodewijk spent his entire life in Brussels and built a successful career as a landscapist, being appointed to produce the city tapestry cartoons in 1644. He collaborated with, among others, David Teniers the Younger (1610–1690), who often painted the figures in his landscapes, and his works bear many similarities to those of Jacques d’Arthois (1616–1686), a Brussels painter of the same generation. Indeed, the present work was previously attributed to these last two artists.