Master Paintings Part II

Master Paintings Part II

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Property from a California Private Collection

Philips Wouwerman

Grotto with Travelers Unloading a Wagon, a Fortune-Teller, a Blacksmith, and Other Figures

Live auction begins on:

February 6, 07:00 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 USD

Bid

4,200 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from a California Private Collection

Philips Wouwerman

Haarlem 1619 - 1668

Grotto with Travelers Unloading a Wagon, a Fortune-Teller, a Blacksmith, and Other Figures


signed lower left: PL∙W

oil on canvas

canvas: 18 ¼ by 20 ⅜ in.; 46.3 by 51.7 cm

framed: 25 by 27 in.; 63.5 by 68.5 cm

Probably William J. Fripp, Cotham, near Bristol, 1842;

F. Coates;

Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Assheton-Bennett, London, by 1930;

Private collection, Paris;

With Eugene Slatter, London, 1944-1945;

With Brian Koetser, London, 1969-1970;

With Polak Ltd., London, circa 1972;

Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 27 June 1975, lot 70; 

Anonymous sale, Cologne, Lempertz, 23-26 November 1983, lot 1743;

Private collection;

Anonymous sale, Amsterdam, Christie’s, 16 November 2005, lot 92;

With Rafael Valls, Ltd., London, 2006;

Anonymous sale ("The Property of a Gentleman"), London, Sotheby’s, 5 December 2019, lot 147;

Where acquired by the present collector.

Probably J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné... Supplement, London 1842, p. 224, cat. no. 249;

Probably C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. II, London 1908, p. 561, cat. no. 928;

B. Schumacher, Philips Wouwerman (1619-1668): The Horse Painter of the Golden Age, Doornspijk 2006, vol. I, pp. 340-341, cat. no. A432; vol. II, reproduced pl. 403;

London, Eugene Slatter, Life and Still Life in the 17th Century Netherlands, 29 November 1944 – 13 January 1945, no. 47;

London, Brian Koetser Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by Old Masters, 7 October – December 1969;

London, Rafael Valls, Recent Acquisitions, 2006, no. 40.