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

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 112. A wooded landscape with Saint John the Baptist.

Property from a Dutch Noble Family

Frederick van Valckenborch

A wooded landscape with Saint John the Baptist

Lot Closed

December 9, 02:12 PM GMT

Estimate

8,000 - 12,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Dutch Noble Family

Frederick van Valckenborch

Antwerp 1566 - 1623 Nuremberg

A wooded landscape with Saint John the Baptist


signed lower left: V.V...

oil on canvas

unframed: 89.1 x 113 cm.; 35⅛ x 44½ in.

framed: 114 x 138 cm.; 44⅞ x 54⅜ in.

With Bernard Houthakker, Amsterdam;
From whom acquired by the present owner, in about 1998.

Frederick van Valckenborch came from an esteemed and long line of artists. His father Marten (1535–1612), his brother Gillis (1570–1622) and his uncle Lucas (1535–1597) all achieved commercial success throughout Europe. Frederick was also strongly influenced by Gillis van Coninxloo (1544–1607) as evidenced in the present painting.


We are grateful to Jan de Maere for suggesting an attribution to Frederick van Valckenborch and dating the painting to circa 1618–20, based on digital images.