Master Paintings Part II
Master Paintings Part II
Property from a California Private Collection
Grotto with Travelers Unloading a Wagon, a Fortune-Teller, a Blacksmith, and Other Figures
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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.
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