Property from a Connecticut Collection, Sold Without Reserve
Willem van den Bundel
Landscape with Travelers on a Path at the Edge of a Forest
No reserve
Auction Closed
May 22, 04:23 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Connecticut Collection, Sold Without Reserve
Willem van den Bundel
Brussels circa 1575 - 1655 Delft
Landscape with Travelers on a Path at the Edge of a Forest
oil on panel
panel: 14 ½ by 25 ⅜ in.; 36.8 by 64.5 cm.
framed: 20 ¼ by 31 ¼ in.; 51.4 by 79.4 cm.
Possibly Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Saint Petersburg (according to a wax seal on the verso);
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Christie's, 19 November 1971, lot 124 (as G. van Coninxloo);
Where acquired by D.O. Webster for Lincoln Graphic Gallery, London;
Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Phillips, 10 December 1996, lot 123 (as Attributed to Willem van den Bundel);
With Lane Fine Art, London;
From whom acquired by the present collector, 1997.
Born in Brussels, Willem Van den Bundel spent most of his life between Delft and Amsterdam, where he established a career as both an artist and art dealer. He specialized in wooded landscape scenes and was possibly a pupil of Gillis van Coninxloo (1544-1607), with whose works his paintings share many affinities. The presence of a wax seal on this panel's verso suggests that it once formed part of Tsar Alexander II's royal collection.