LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

17.09 in. (43.40 cm.) (height) by 39.96 in. (101.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'C.d. Jonghe / 1650.' (lower left, on the wall)

Condition:

unframed

Exhibited:

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Old London, 1 November-10 December 1911, no. 46. Winchester, Winchester College, Catalogue of an exhibition of pictures from Hampshire houses, 23 June-13 July, 1938, no. 63. London, Barbican Art Gallery, The Image of London, 6 August-18 October 1987, no. 5.

Literature:

W.H. James Weale and J.P. Richter, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Collection of the Pictures Belonging to the Earl of Northbrook, London, 1889, p. 41, no. 49. Dr. A. von Wurzbach, Niederländisches Künstler-Lexikon, Leipzig and Vienna, 1904, I, p, 761, incorrectly described as distinct from that sold in the Ellis and Heugh sales. H.F. Finberg, 'Canaletto in England', Walpole Society, IX, 1920-1921, p. 48, incorrectly described as distinct from that sold in the Ellis and Heugh sales. H. Gerson, Ausbreitung und Nachwirkung der Holländischen Malerei des 17.Jahrhunderts, Haarlem, 1942, p. 400. J. Hayes. 'Claude de Jongh', The Burlington Magazine, XCVIII, 1956, p. 11. C.M. Kauffmann, Victoria and Albert Museum: Catalogue of Foreign Paintings Before 1800, London, 1973, I, p. 161, under no. 197.

Provenance:

Wynn Ellis (1790-1875), London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 27 May 1876, lot 17 (500 gns. to Agnews). John Heugh, Upper Brook Street, London; his sale, Christie’s, London, 11 May 1878, lot 252, erroneously catalogued as 'signed and dated 1630' (750 gns. to Bentley on behalf of the following). Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), and by descent to his son, Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook (1850-1929), and by inheritance through his cousin, Francis Arthur Baring, 4th Lord Northbrook (1882-1947).