LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

59.84 in. (152.00 cm.) (height)

Markings:

signed with initials lower left: J. W.

Exhibited:

Vienna, 1873, no. 123;. Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, 1948-1999 (as painted. circa 1670

Literature:

Possibly, J. Smith,. A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century, supplement, London 1842, pp. 747-748, cat. no. 33 (where described in reverse with the nearer huntsman as mounted and with incorrect horizontal measurements);. . Inventory of Palais Rothschild, Theresianumgasse , 1903, p. 32, cat. no. 61;. C. Hofstede de Groot,. A catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch painters of the seventeenth century based on the work of John Smith, vol. VIII, London 1927, p. 529, cat. no. 438;. . Inventory of Palais Rothschild, Theresianumgasse, 1934, p. 187, cat. no. 318;. G. Heinz and F. Klauner,. Kunsthistorisches Museum Katalog der Gemäldegalerie 2. Teil: Vlamen, Holländer, Deutsche, Franzosen, Vienna 1963, cat. no. 419;. K. Demus,. Katalog der Gemäldegalerie: holländische Meister des 15., 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, Vienna 1972, p. 110 (noting a verbal query on the attribution by J. Nieuwstraten, who has since, through oral communication, confirmed that he does not remember this query and has absolutely no doubt whatsoever regarding the authenticity of the picture, and indeed believes that the Rothschild picture is one of the best authentic works by Wijnants);. C. Brandstätter,. Die Gemäldegalerie des Kunsthistorischen Museums in Wien: Verzeichnis der Gemälde, Vienna 1991, p. 136, cat. no. 9100, reproduced fig. 523;. Grande Aste, in. Antiquariato , September 1999, p. 44, reproduced;. K. Eisele, . Jan Wijnants: ein Niederländischer Maler der Ideallandschaft im Goldenen Jahrhundert, Stuttgart 2000, p. 138, cat. no. 93, reproduced plate XVIII;. F. Kunth, Anselm von Rothschild, collector, in. The Rothschild Archive, Annual Review of the Year April 2001-March 2002 , reproduced p. 39;. S. Lillie, . Was einmal war. Handbuch der enteigneten Kunstsammlungen Wiens , Vienna 2003, p. 1032, no. 867;. B. Schwarz,. Hitlers Museum. Die Fotoalbum Gemäldegalerie Linz: Dokumente zum Fuehrermuseum , Vienna 2004, p. 112, cat. no IV/10, reproduced p. 237;. F. Kunth,. Die Rothschildschen Gemäldesammlungen in Wien , Vienna 2006, pp. 102, note 191, 108, 230-231

Provenance:

Probably Baron Puthon, Vienna;. From whom acquired posthumously by Mr. Netscher;. From whom acquired by De Reus, The Hague, for. circa 600 l.;. Baron Anselm von Rothschild, Vienna, by 1873;. Thence by descent to Baron Nathaniel von Rothschild (1836-1905), Vienna, until at least 1903;. Thence by descent to his brother, Baron Albert von Rothschild (1844-1911), 1905;. Thence by descent to Baron Alphonse Mayer von Rothschild (1878-1942), 1911 (inv. no. AR 867);. Confiscated from the above, 13 March 1938 and allocated for the Kunstmuseum Linz;. Munich Central Collecting Point;. Repatriated to the Austrian government, and restituted to the Rothschild family;. Selected as a donation to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (inv. 9100), 1947;. Restored to the Rothschild family, March 1999;. Their sale, London, Christies, 8 July 1999, lot 218;. There acquired by the present collector for $3,600,467