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Dutch Masterpieces from the Theiline Scheumann Collection

Jan van der Heyden

An imaginary view of a quiet canal in Amsterdam

Auction Closed

January 26, 04:01 PM GMT

Estimate

1,000,000 - 1,500,000 USD

Lot Details

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Dutch Masterpieces from the Theiline Scheumann Collection

Jan van der Heyden

Gorinchem 1637 - 1712 Amsterdam

An imaginary view of a quiet canal in Amsterdam 


oil on panel

panel: 15⅛ by 15¾ in.; 38.4 by 40 cm.

framed: 21⅛ by 21⅞ in.; 53.7 by 55.6 cm.

Purchased from Schrocker by J.J. Bachofen (1755-1828), 1819;
Thence by descent to Elise Paravicini-Bachofen (1850-1913), Basel;
Thence by inheritance to her sister, Mrs. Fritz Vischer-Bachofen (1853-1937), Basel, 1934;
Thence by descent to her granddaughter, Antoinette Vischer (1909-1973);
After whose death acquired by a private collector;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby’s, 14 December 1977, lot 100;
There acquired by Richard Green, London;
Private collection, Germany, until 2012;
By whom anonymously sold, Cologne, Lempertz, 12 May 2012, lot 1319;
With Johnny van Haeften, London;
From whom acquired, July 2012. 
Basel Kunstverein, Basel, Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des 15. bis. 18. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, 15 April - 28 May 1928, no. 130.
H. Wagner, Jan van der Heyden, Amsterdam and Haarlem 1971, p. 87, cat. no. 89, reproduced p. 146 (as with figures by Adriaen van de Velde).