LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on panel

Measurements:

8.86 in. (22.50 cm.) (height) by 10.83 in. (27.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with monogram (scratched, lower left)

Exhibited:

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. 67. Luxembourg, Musée National d’Histoire et d’Art / ’s Hertogenbosch, het Noordbrabants Museum, A Romantic Journey, 3 April 2014-25 January 2015, no 51 (5).

Literature:

Jef Rademakers, Jacob Abels: Schilder van de nacht, Haarlem, 2009, p. 4. Peter Carpreau a.o., Een Romantische Kijk, Brussels, 2011, p. 132, no. 67. Guido de Werd, A Romantic Journey: Masterpieces form the Rademakers Collection, Eindhoven, 2014, p. 141, no. 51.

Provenance:

Anonymous sale; Christie's, Amsterdam, 21 April 1994, lot 324, where acquired by the present owner.