LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

9.06 in. (23.00 cm.) (height) by 12.20 in. (31.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with initials and dated 'M.M. 71.' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Guildhall Art Gallery, Exhibition of a selection of works by early and modern painters of the Dutch School, 28 April-25 July 1903, cat.no. 73. London, French Gallery, Paintings, drawings and etchings in the memorial exhibition of the works of Matthew Maris, November-December 1917, cat.no. 1. London, Barbizon House, Johannes Bosboom, Jozef Israels, the Maris brothers, Anton Mauve, January-February 1929, cat.no. 423. The Hague, Gemeente Museum/Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Maris tentoonstelling, 22 December 1935-8 March 1936, cat.no. 183. The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Meesters van de Haagse School, 18 June-13 September 1965, cat.no. 61. The Hague, Haags Gemeentemuseum, Matthijs Maris, 5 October 1974-3 January 1975, cat.no. 85a.

Literature:

C. Holme, D. Croal Thompson, 'The Brothers Maris', in: The Studio, 1907, cat.no. M24, ill., as: The four mills. Burlington Magazine, Vol. X, 1907, p. 35. Exhibition Catalogue, French Gallery, London, 1909, cat.no. 13, ill. P. Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, 'Matthijs Maris te Wolfhezen en Lausanne', in: Onze Kunst, vol. 5, May 1918, p. 35, ill., as: De vier molens (Souvenir de La Haye). H.E. van Gelder, Matthijs Maris, Paletserie, Antwerp 1939, p. 26, ill.

Provenance:

Kunsthandel Goupil & Cie., Paris, 1871, inv.no. 5716, as: les Moulins. The Viscount Powerscourt, 1872. The Honourable Sir John C. Day, London, 1907; his Sale; Christie's, London, 13 May 1909, lot 77 (GBP 3.300). Mr. A. Reid, Glasgow. Mr. M. Sadler, Oxford, probably 1929. Mr. I.M. Reid, Scotland, 1965.