LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

29.13 in. (74.00 cm.) (height) by 37.80 in. (96.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Abels f.' (lower centre)

Exhibited:

Rotterdam, Kunsthal, Meesters van de Romantiek; Nederlandse kunstenaars 1800-1850 , 8 October 2005-8 January 2006, no. 147. Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum / The Hague, Gemeentemuseum / Leuven, M-Museum / Cleves, B.C. Koekkoek-Haus / Tallinn, Kumu Kunstimuuseum / Helsinki, Sinebrychoff Art Museum / Riga, Art Museum Riga Bourse / Prague, National Gallery, Salmovský Palace, A Romantic View, 29 October 2010-1 September 2013, no. 65. Luxembourg, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art / ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Het Noordbrabants Museum, A Romantic Journey, 3 April 2014-25 January 2015, no. 49

Literature:

Ronald de Leeuw, Jenny Reynaerts, Benno Tempel, Meesters van de Romantiek: Nederlandse kunstenaars 1800-1850 , Zwolle, 2005, p. 166, no. 147. Jef Rademakers, Jabob Abels; Schilder van de nacht , Haarlem, 2009, pp.70-71, no. 75, as: Aanmeren bij maanlicht (dated circa 1855). Peter Carpreau a.o., Een Romantische Kijk , Brussels, 2011, p. 130, no. 65. Guido de Werd, A Romantic Journey: Masterpieces from the Rademakers Collection , Eindhoven, 2014, p. 139, no. 4 (49)

Provenance:

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 27 October 1998, lot 248, where acquired by the present owner