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Klaes Molenaer

A watergate near a town with a mill

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March 24, 03:38 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Klaes Molenaer

Haarlem 1626/9 – 1676

A watergate near a town with a mill

signed centre right: kmolenaer

oil on oak panel

unframed: 24.3 x 33 cm.; 9 1/2 x 13 in.

framed: 39.5 x 48 cm.; 15 1/2 x 18 7/8 in.

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie's, 7 March 2000, lot 57;
With David Koetser, Zurich, from whom acquired, 15 June 2001.

A. Zwollo, 'Pieter Mulier de Jonge (1637-1701), alias Tempesta, werkzaam als tekenaar in Haarlem, Montfoort, Brussel, Bronnbach en Rome', in Delineavit et Sculpsit, no. 26, November 2003, pp. 19-45, reproduced p. 39.

The present work is related to two drawings by Peter Mulier the Younger (1637-1701) depicting the same structure, a watergate in Montfoort.¹Molenaer is best known for winter scenes and landscapes such as the present work, which reflect the influence of Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/29-82) in the choice of subject and composition.

¹ One in the Rijksprentenkabinet, Amsterdam: https://rkd.nl/explore/images/15020; the other in the Nationalmuseum Stockholm: https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/images/15046