LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on oak panel
Measurements:
13.39 in. (34.00 cm.) (height) by 18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (width)
Markings:
signed with monogram lower left: PHS : W
Exhibited:
Paris, Galerie Sedelmeyer,. Fourth series of 100 Paintings by Old . Masters ,. 1897, no. 47
Literature:
J. Smith,. A catalogue raisonné.., vol. I, London 1829, p. 224, cat. no. 79;. C. Blanc,. Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles , vol. I, Paris 1861, p. 165;. C. Sedelmeyer,. Catalogue of the Fourth Series of 100 Paintings by Old Masters , Paris 1897, p. 56, cat. no. 47, reproduced;. C. Hofstede de Groot,. A catalogue raisonné.. , vol. II, London 1909, p. 521, cat. no. 822;. B. Schumacher,. Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668) , vol. 1, p. 284, cat. no. A284, reproduced vol. 2, plate 265. ENGRAVED Pierre-Francois Beaumont (1719-1769), entitled Le Défile de Cavalerie
Provenance:
Mr Barez, Paris;. Ange-Laurent Lalive de Jully (1725-1779), Paris;. His sale, Paris, Remy, 2-14 May 1770, lot 16, for 4,001 francs to Donjeu (with pendant);. Jean Dubois (active 1768-89), Paris;. His sale, Paris, Lebrun, 31 March 1784, lot 41, for 7,000 francs to Verrier (with pendant);. Possibly Mr Morel, Paris;. His sale et al., Paris, Lebrun, 3 May 1786 (postponed from 19 April 1786), lot 64, for 7811 livres to Thomas-François Guerin (with pendant);. Mrs Bentley, London;. By whose Executors sold, London, Christie's, 28 June 1879, lot 49, for £236 to Lesser;. Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 27 May 1882, lot 72, for £157-10s. to Wertheimer;. Arthur Seymour, London;. By whom sold, London, Christie's, 4 July 1896, lot 79, for £372-15s. to Colnaghi;. With P. & D. Colnaghi, London;. By whom sold on 13 August 1896, for £480 to Sedelmeyer;. With Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris;. By whom sold on 7 March 1903 for £480 to Gates;. John W. Gates, New York;. Thence by descent until sold, New York, Christie's, 13 January 1987, lot 130;. With Heide Hübner, Würzburg, 1987 (when advertised in. Weltkunst , vol. 57, no. 18);. From whom acquired by the late husband of the present owner