Description & Technical information
Date: 1603
Period: 1600-1750, 17th century
Origin: The Netherlands
Medium: Oil on panel
Signature: Signed with Monogram: 'HA' (lower center, on the middle trunk)
Dimensions: 21.3 x 30.3 cm (8³/₈ x 11⁷/₈ inches)
Provenance: Collection Rudolf Brockhaus (1838-1898), Leipzig;
Private collection, Germany, and by descent to the present owner;
Sale Christie’s New York, 19 April 2018, lot 10 as studio. After technical investigation, including Hirox microscopy and infrared photography, new insight was gained into the working methods of the artist, consistent with other autograph works by Avercamp.
These findings support the authorship of this work to Avercamp.
The full examination by Gwendolyn Boeve-Jones, Redivivus BV Studio for Conservation of Paintings is available
Literature: F. Schlie, “Leipzig. Museum. Die Austellung älterer Meister aus sächsischem Privatbesitz“, in Dr. H. Janitschek, Repertorium für Kunstwissenschaft, vol. XIII, Berlin and Stuttgart 1890, p.159, „…an extraordinary good little painting…“;
C. Welcker, Hendrick Avercamp 1585-1634, Bijgenaamd „De Stomme van Campen“, Doornspijk, 1979, no. S.53.1, p. 212.
Exhibitions: Austellung aus sächsischem Privatbesitz in Leipzig, Leipzig 1889, no. 5.
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints

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