The Rafael Valls Sale, Part II
The Rafael Valls Sale, Part II
Jan Looten
Elegant figures walking by a fountain in a woodland park
Lot Closed
December 16, 02:46 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Jan Looten
Amsterdam 1618 - circa 1681 London
Elegant figures walking by a fountain in a woodland park
oil on canvas, with an unidentified collector's red wax seal on the reverse
unframed: 71 x 82.3 cm.; 28 x 32⅜ in.;
framed: 93.8 x 105.4 cm.; 37 x 41½ in.
Jan Looten began his career in Amsterdam but he was much influenced by the earthy compositions of the Haarlem landscape painter, Jacob van Ruisdael. By around 1662, Looten was in England, where he worked in London and later, in York. A pair of landscapes attributed to Jan Looten, which date to c. 1675, were recorded at Windsor during the reign of King James II and remain in the Royal Collection.1
1 https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/1/collection/401200/landscape-with-an-estuary;
https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/4/collection/401202/a-wooded-landscape