LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
20.59 in. (52.30 cm.) (height) by 25.08 in. (63.70 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed and dated 'J.E. la Fargue, 1756' (lower left)
Exhibited:
The Hague, Haagse stadsgezichten 1550-1800. Topografische schilderijen van het Haags Historisch Museum, 1991-2, no. 42, p. 47, fig. 56. The Hague, Meesters en Molens. Van Rembrandt tot Mondriaan, 2007, no. 71.
Literature:
G. Hoet, Catalogus of naamlyst van schilderyen, The Hague, 1770, p. 234, no 186.
Provenance:
Gerard Hoet, The Hague, before 1760, with pendant. Anonymous sale; G.C. Blanken, The Hague, 25 August 1760, lot 196, as J.E. la Fargue (Dfl. 31 to van Baalen). Anonymous sale; Bosboom, The Hague, 4 June 1800, lot 64, as J.E. la Fargue (Dfl. 5.5 to Rigters). Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 3 August 1973, lot 227.