Dutch Masterpieces from the Theiline Scheumann Collection

Dutch Masterpieces from the Theiline Scheumann Collection

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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

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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. 
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).
Basel Kunstverein, Basel, Ausstellung von Kunstwerken des 15. bis. 18. Jahrhunderts aus Basler Privatbesitz, 15 April - 28 May 1928, no. 130.