Royal & Noble
Royal & Noble
Property from an Important Scottish Collection
Manner of Aelbert Cuyp
A milkmaid milking cows in a field
Lot Closed
January 20, 03:04 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Scottish Collection
Manner of Aelbert Cuyp
A milkmaid milking cows in a field
bears signature lower left: A. cuÿp.
oil on oak panel, the reverse with a red wax seal bearing the arms of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine; also bearing James Irvine's wax seal with a bearded head in profile wearing a crown; and an unidentified collector’s wax seal with initials: PSA
unframed: 49 x 57.4 cm.; 19¼ x 22¾ in.
framed: 74.5 x 83.8 cm.; 29⅜ x 33 in.
Giuseppe Domenichini, on behalf of Count Luigi Pietro Aldrovandi Marescotti, Bologna;
Acquired from the above by James Irvine on behalf of Sir William Forbes, 7th Bt. of Pitsligo (1773–1828), 24 August 1827, in Bologna, for 2640 Lire (as one of 'due quadri rappresentanti animali [...] l'altro da Cuyp');
By descent to his son Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Bt. of Pitsligo (1804–66);
By inheritance to his son-in-law Charles Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton (1834–1904);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Acquired from the above by James Irvine on behalf of Sir William Forbes, 7th Bt. of Pitsligo (1773–1828), 24 August 1827, in Bologna, for 2640 Lire (as one of 'due quadri rappresentanti animali [...] l'altro da Cuyp');
By descent to his son Sir John Stuart Hepburn-Forbes, 8th Bt. of Pitsligo (1804–66);
By inheritance to his son-in-law Charles Trefusis, 20th Baron Clinton (1834–1904);
Thence by descent to the present owner.
In a letter of 15 September 1827 James Irvine relates one of several examples of his dealings with the Italian authorities: 'I am happy to say that I have just got from the custom house the Cuyp [...] without paying duty on pretence of cleaning. Having been sent without paying the custom house from whence [it] came by the commission there, a present must of course be made him, but I hope a good deal may be saved [...].'