LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on copper

Measurements:

4.49 in. (11.40 cm.) (height) by 6.73 in. (17.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed with monogram 'VH' (lower right, on top of the wall)

Exhibited:

London, British Institution, 1841, no. 57 (lent by Charles Brind). London, British Institution, 1862, no. 79. The Hague, Pulchri Studio, La Collection Goudstikker, November 1920, no. 51.

Literature:

J. Smith, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French Painters, London, 1834, V, p. 381, no. 34, as 'with the figures painted by Adrian van der Velde'. C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch Painters of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1927, VIII, p. 336, no. 118. H. Wagner, Jan van der Heyden, 1637-1712, Amsterdam and Haarlem, 1971, p. 105, no. 167, illustrated.

Provenance:

(Possibly) Anthony van Deutz, Amsterdam; sale, 7 March 1731, lot 85, with pendant, as 'manner of van der Heyden'. (Possibly) Willem van Wouw; sale, The Hague, 29 May 1764, lot 81, with pendant. Charles René Dominique Sochet, Chevalier Destouches (1727-1794), Paris; his sale (†), Paris, 24 May 1794, lot 132, with pendant, as 'with the figures painted by Adrian van der Velde' (2721 francs to Lebrun). Alexandre-Louis Roettiers de Montaleau, (1748-1808), Paris; Paillet and Delaroche, 19 July 1802 (=1st day), lot 58, with pendant, as 'with the figures painted by Adrian van der Velde'. Henry Fulton; (†) Christie's, London, 20 June 1834, lot 91, as 'van der Heyden and A. van de Velde'. Charles Brind, London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 12 May 1849 (=3rd day), lot 56 (31 gns. to Smith). Johann Moritz Oppenheim (1801-1864), London; his sale (†), Christie's, London, 4 June 1864, lot 15 (85 gns. to Webb). Sir Charles Tennant (1823-1906), London (according to Hofstede de Groot, op. cit.). Jules Porgés (1839-1921), Paris (according to Hofstede de Groot, op. cit.). with Julius Bohler, Munich, 1914 (according to Hofstede de Groot, op. cit.). with J. Goudstikker, Amsterdam, by November 1920. M. Onnes van Nijenrode; Frederik Muller & Cie, Amsterdam, 10 July 1923, lot 30 (4,600 Fl. to Fredericks). E.A. Veltmann, Bussum. with Thomas Agnew & Sons, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 1968. Sir Francis Glyn, by whose executors sold to the following on 11 July 1970, with Thomas Agnew & Sons, from whom acquired on 9 October 1970.