ID 887479
Lot 40 | CORNELIS SAFTLEVEN (GORINCHEM 1607-1681 ROTTERDAM)
Estimate value
$ 80 000 – 120 000
A cattle market by a canal on the outskirts of town
oil on panel
23 x 32 3/8 in. (58.3 x 82.2 cm.)
Provenance
(Probably) Jean-Pierre Alexandre Gérard de Bruny de La Tour d’Aigues (1739-1777), Aix-en-Provence; his sale, Basan, Paris, 15 May 1777, lot 45 as ‘Un grand Marché, dans un Village de Flandres: divers groupes de figures & de différens animaux, bien distribués, rendent ce tableau fort intéressant: le fond est occupé d’un côte par une mazure, au bas de laquelle un Charlatan a établi son théâtre: sur bois, 2 pieds 8 po. sur 2 pieds de haut’ (60.19 livres).
(Possibly) Martin and Donjeu; their sale, Basan, Paris, 7 May 1778, lot 28, as Aelbert Cuyp (131 livres to Langlier).
Lawrence Michael Harvey Parsons, 6th Earl of Rosse (1906-1979), Birr Castle, by 1957, and by descent to
The Trustees of the Oxmantown Settlement; their sale, Christie’s, Birr Castle, 7-8 October 1981, lot 160, as Sybrand van Beest.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 12 December 1990, lot 93.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, New York, 12 January 1994, lot 34, where acquired by the present owner.
Literature
(Probably) W. Schulz, Cornelis Saftleven, 1607-1681: Leben und Werke, Berlin and New York, 1978, p. 223, no. 632, as location unknown.
Exhibited
Dublin, Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Paintings from Irish Collections, 20 May-25 August 1957, no. 87, as Aelbert Cuyp.
Special Notice
This lot is offered without reserve.
Artist: | Cornelis Saftleven (1607 - 1681) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
Genre: | Cityscape |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Cornelis Saftleven (1607 - 1681) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
Genre: | Cityscape |
Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
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