Property from an Important Dutch Collection
Petrus van Schendel
The Fishmarket on the Groenmarkt, The Hague
Signed P. Van Schendel (lower right)
Oil on panel
85 x 68,5 cm.
Executed ca. 1850
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Details
Signed P. Van Schendel (lower right)
85 x 68,5 cm.
Provenance
(Probably) acquired by Mr and Mrs Barge-Dreesman, Leiden/ Bussum, circa 1920;
Presented as a wedding gift to her daughter Hélène Nauta-Barge and Jan Nauta on 14 July 1989;
Thence by descent to the family of the present owners.
Exhibition
Leiden, Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal, Uit het Kunstbezit van de leden van de Vereniging van Belangstellenden in de Lakenhal, 25 February- 29 March 1965, cat. no. 71, as 'Vismarkt'.
Catalogue Note
Depicted is the Fishmarket in The Hague with the Old Town Hall in the background on the left.
Please compare with a painting with a similar composition dated circa 1850. Sold at Sotheby's Amsterdam on 24 April 2007, lot 185 (see: Jan M.M. de Meere, Petrus van Schendel (1806-1870): Een leven tussen licht en donker, Leiden, 2012, p. 180, no. 303, illustrated and titled Vischmarkt te 's Hage).
We would like to thank Dr. Jan M.M. de Meere for kindly confirming the authenticity of this lot. The present work is registered under no.OV/ B-50-2.