LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Size Notes:

46.5 x 52 cm.; 18¼ x 20.5 in.

Markings:

signed with monogram lower left: PL· W

Exhibited:

London, Eugene Slatter, Life and Still Life in 17th century Netherlands, 29 November 1944 – 13 January 1945, no. 47;; London, Brian Koetser Gallery, Exhibition of paintings by Old Masters, 7 October – December 1969, no. 16;; London, Rafael Valls, Recent acquisitions, 2006, no. 40.

Literature:

Possibly J. Smith, A catalogue raisonné... Supplement, London 1842, p. 224, cat. no. 249;; Possibly C. Hofstede de Groot, A catalogue raisonné..., vol. II, London 1908, p. 555, cat. no. 928 (with corresponding description, but differing dimensions and on panel);; B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman (1619–1668). The Horse Painter of the Golden Age, Doornspijk 2006, vol. I, pp. 340–41, cat. no. A432, reproduced vol. II, plate 403.

Provenance:

Possibly William J. Tripp, Cotham, near Bristol;; Mr and Mrs Edgar Assheton Bennett, London, 1930;; F. Coates;; Private collection, Paris;; With Eugene Slatter, London, 1944–45;; With Brian Koetser, London, 1969–70 (advertised in <em>Apollo</em>, October 1969, p. 331; and in <em>The Connoisseur</em>, June 1970, p. 129);; Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 27 June 1975, lot 70;; Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 23–26 November 1983, lot 1743;; Private collection;; Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 16 November 2005, lot 92;; With Rafael Valls Limited, London, 2006.