ID 863054
Lot 4 | JACOB SAVERY THE ELDER (KORTRIJK 1565/1567-1603 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
£ 350 000 – 500 000
A winter landscape with peasants and cattle by a farmstead, with skaters on a frozen river beyond
signed '.IACVS.SAVERII' (lower centre)
oil on copper
18 x 27 in. (45.7 x 68.6 cm.)
in an 18th Century English Maratta frame
Provenance
Cornelia, Countess of Craven (1877-1961), Hamstead Marshall, by 1953, and by descent to her grandson,
Thomas Robert Douglas Craven, 7th Earl of Craven (1957-1983); (†) Phillips, London, 18 December 1984, lot 78, when acquired.
Literature
C. Boschma et al., Meesterlijk Vee: Nederlandse veeschilders 1600-1900, exhibition catalogue, Zwolle, 1988, pp. 14-15, fig. 5.
M. Neumeister, Holländische Gemälde im Städel 1550 - 1800: Künstler geboren vor 1615. Kataloge der Gemälde im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main, Petersberg, 2005, pp. 460- 462, fig. 428.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy, Flemish Art 1300-1700, 1953-54, no. 324, as a companion to no. 328.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Artist: | Jacob Savery (1566 - 1603) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
Genre: | Genre art |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Jacob Savery (1566 - 1603) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
Genre: | Genre art |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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