LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on canvas
Measurements:
28.98 in. (73.60 cm.) (height) by 37.99 in. (96.50 cm.) (width)
Markings:
traces of a signature (lower center) and with remains of a signature and date 'OYEN 16' (lower right)
Exhibited:
Mainz, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, 7 May-30 June 1968, no. 46.
Literature:
C. Hofstede de Groot. Die Sammlung Schubart, Munich, 1893, p. 18, no. 34. Gesellschaft für Bildenden Kunst in Mainz, Werke alter Meister aus Privatbesitz, exhibition catalogue, Mainz, 1968, pp. 101-2, no. 46. H.U. Beck. Kunstler um Jan van Goyen, Doornspijk, 1991, p. 432 no. 1226, as 'Jan van Goyen'.
Provenance:
Dr. Martin Schubart, Dresden, by 1893; his sale, Galerie Hugo Helbing, Munich, 23 October 1899, lot. 34. with Galerie Stern, Düsseldorf, 1937. Sold under duress due to persecution by the National Socialists. Sale, Lempertz, Cologne, 11 November 1964, lot 104 (8,000 DM). Private Collection, Germany, by 1968. Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 9 May 2007, lot 1, as 'Follower of Jan van Goyen' (withdrawn). Restituted to the Estate of Max Stern, 2007.