LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

55.00 in. (139.70 cm.) (height) by 78.50 in. (199.40 cm.) (width)

Literature:

H. Beck, Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656: ein oeuvreverzeichnis, Amsterdam, 1972, I, p. 56, note 3c, as 'characteristic of Molyn'. E.J. Allen, 'The Life and Art of Pieter Molyn,' Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, 1987, no. 235. H. Beck, Künstler um Jan van Goyen: Maler und Zeichner, Doornspijk, 1991, pp. 286, 291, no. 809, pl. 44. D. Jaffé, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 1997, p. 87.

Provenance:

Henrich XXIV, Prince Reuss zu Greiz (1878-1927), Schloß Trebschen, Poland, until his death, thence held in trust by his estate. Estate of Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss zu Greiz; (?), Leo Grünpeter, Berlin, 3-4 March 1928, lot 105 as Jan van Goyen. with Gebroeders Douwes, Amsterdam, 1928. with a private dealer, London, 1928. M.M.G.; (?), Galerie Fievez, Brussels, 8 May 1929, lot 53 (90,000 BFrs to Goudstikker). with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, June 1929 as Jan van Goyen. Looted by the Nazi authorities, July 1940. Anonymous sale; Dorotheum, Vienna, 17 November 1942, lot 37 as Jan van Goyen (65,000 marks). (Probably) with Galerie Sanct Lucas, Vienna, as 'Molyn'. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 6 December 1972, lot 95, as Jan van Goyen (£6,000 to J. Paul Getty Museum). J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles. Restituted to Marei von Saher, the heir of Jacques Goudstikker, March 2011.