LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

20.87 in. (53.00 cm.) (height) by 18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'J. Wynants' (lower left)

Literature:

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, VI, London, 1835, p. 233, no. 20, as 'with figures ascribed to P. Wouwermans' and 'on panel'. C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the Most Eminent Dutch Artists of the Seventeenth Century, VIII, London, 1927, p. 441, no. 54, as with figures by 'Lingelbach or Philips Wouwerman' and 'canvas on panel'. K. Eisele, Jan Wijnants (1631/32-1684): Ein Niederländischer Maler der Ideallandschaft im Goldenen Jahrhundert, Stuttgart, 2000, p. 186, no. 285, fig. 285, as 'canvas laid on panel'.

Provenance:

Johan van der Marck, Leiden (1707-1772); his sale (†), De Winter and Yver, Amsterdam, 25 August 1773, lot 380 (352 florins to Fouquet). Pierre Paul Louis Randon de Boisset (1708-1776); his sale (†), Pierre Remy, Paris, 27 February 1777, lot 55, as 'with figures by Philippe Wouwermans' (1,510 francs). Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de Morny (1811-1865); his sale (†), Palais de la Présidence du Corps Législatif, Paris, 31 May 1865, lot 90 (4,200 francs to Heim). Collection of Prince Joachim Murat; Palais Galliera, Paris, 2 March 1961, lot 162.