LOT DETAILS
Materials:
oil on oak panel
Measurements:
13.39 in. (34.00 cm.) (height) by 18.50 in. (47.00 cm.) (width)
Condition:
The single oak panel is uncradled, flat and stable. The paint surface is relatively clean and the varnish slightly discoloured but even. Inspection under ultraviolet light reveals small retouchings scattered in the sky, most densely in the upper half of the left margin, and in the darker tones along the horizon line in the centre. The foreground appears to remain largely untouched and the painting is in overall good condition. "This lot is offered for sale subject to Sotheby's Conditions of Business, which are available on request and printed in Sotheby's sale catalogues. The independent reports contained in this document are provided for prospective bidders' information only and without warranty by Sotheby's or the Seller."
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;; <br>Ange-Laurent Lalive de Jully (1725–1779), Paris;; <br>His sale, Paris, Remy, 2–14 May 1770, lot 16, for 4,001 francs to Donjeu (with pendant);; <br>Jean Dubois (active 1768–89), Paris;; <br>His sale, Paris, Lebrun, 31 March 1784, lot 41, for 7,000 francs to Verrier (with pendant);; <br>Possibly Mr Morel, Paris;; <br>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);; <br>Mrs Bentley, London;; <br>By whose Executors sold, London, Christie's, 28 June 1879, lot 49, for £236 to Lesser;; <br>Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 27 May 1882, lot 72, for £157–10s. to Wertheimer;; <br>Arthur Seymour, London;; <br>By whom sold, London, Christie's, 4 July 1896, lot 79, for £372–15s. to Colnaghi;; <br>With P. & D. Colnaghi, London;; <br>By whom sold on 13 August 1896, for £480 to Sedelmeyer;; <br>With Charles Sedelmeyer, Paris;; <br>By whom sold on 7 March 1903 for £480 to Gates;; <br>John W. Gates, New York;; <br>Thence by descent until sold, New York, Christie's, 13 January 1987, lot 130;; <br>With Heide Hübner, Würzburg, 1987 (when advertised in ; <em>Weltkunst</em>, vol. 57, no. 18);; <br>From whom acquired by the late husband of the present owner.