Lot no. 62
17th CENTURY HOLLAND SCHOOL, FOLLOWER OF JAN BAPTIST WEENIX
SCENE OF REJOICING ON A BOAT IN A HARBOUR
Canvas
Unframed
Bears a trace of inscription lower left
Old restorations and missing parts
17th century Holland school, foll of J. B. Weenix, Celebrations on a boat in a harbour, canvas, unframed, with restorations and lacks
88 x 78,5 CM - 34,6 x 30,9 IN.
Our painting is a variant of Jan Baptist Weenix's composition The Ferry and the Merry Company (canvas, 61 x 77 cm) in the collections of the National Agency for Cultural Heritage, Rijswijk and Amersfoort (see A. A. Van Wagenberg - Ter Hœven, Jan Baptist Weenix. The Paintings, Zwolle, 2018, no. 44, reproduced in colour). Anke van Wagenberg mentions a copy of Weenix's work on the Spanish art market in 2015.
A very similar painting, signed Cornelis Jacobsz. van der Burgh, came up for sale in 1990 (Christie's, New York. Canvas, 88.3 x 107.3 cm).
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