Roelant Roghman

J. Durlacher, Wiesbaden;
By whom sold, Frankfurt, Rudolf Bangel, 26 February 1907, lot 45 (as by Allaert van Everdingen);
Anonymous sale, New York, Sotheby's, 17 October 1997, lot 145 (as Attributed to Roeland Roghman).

W.Th. Kloek, De kasteeltekeningen van Roelant Roghman, Alphen aan den Rijn 1990, vol. II, pp. 41-42, cat. no. 12.

Canvas has been relined and paint surface has been slightly pressed as a result. some slight thinnesses are noticeable in the darks of the foliage at right and left sides, and in some of the browns in center foreground including figures. however, the paint surface is very well retained in the rocks and water and overall the painting reads well and presents as impressive image. ultraviolet light reveals retouches to the upper sky with a couple of larger areas that may be old repaired punctures. scattered retouches in form of small inpaints to craquelure throughout foliage and foreground landscape. a few retouches on figures and areas of retouching at lower right and upper left corners. painting is presentable and may be hung as is. In a black ebonized wood frame.
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The present painting is a fine work by this rare artist, and may be compared to two large mountain landscapes by Roghman in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. nos. A4218 and A760), and to other similar paintings by the artist: in the Musée des Beauz-Arts, Poitiers (see Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, Hollandse schilderijen uit Franse Musea, 1970-1, cat. no. 30, reproduced); formerly with Bruno Meissner (see Masters of 17th Century Dutch Landcape Painting, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam 1987, cat. no. 79); exhibited at Musée des Beaux Arts, Rembrandt and his Pupils, 1969, cat. nos. 106 and 107; and in the Bottenwieser Collection, Berlin 1927.