ID 1362506
Lot 107 | LUDOLF BAKHUIZEN (EMDEN 1630-1708 AMSTERDAM)
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
A view across the river Ij toward Amsterdam
signed in monogram 'L B' (lower right)
oil on canvas
16 ¾ x 19 3/8 in. (42.5 x 50 cm.)
Provenance
Abraham Hume (17849-1838), 2nd Baronet, London and Wormely Bury, Hertford, by 1824, and by descent to his daughter,
Amelia Sophia Hume (1788-1814), Belton, Lincolnshire, and by descent to her daughter,
Lady Sophia Frances Cust (1811-1882), and by descent to her son,
Brownlow Richard Christopher Tower (1851-1932), Hawthorne House, Shropshire (his label on the reverse), and by descent to his son,
Geoffrey Egerton Tower (1891-1949), Hawthorne House, Shropshire, (his label on the reverse); [The Property of G. E. Tower, Esq. Hawthorne House, Ellesmere, Salop], Sotheby's, London, 18 May 1949, lot 154, where acquired by the following,
with Horace Buttery, London, from whom acquired for $701 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, on 8 December 1949.
Literature
W.G. Constable, Summary Catalogue of European Paintings in Oil, Tempera, and Pastel, Boston, 1955, p. 2.
J. Walsh Jr. and C.P. Schneider, 'Little Known Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,' Apollo, December 1979, pp. 499-500, fig. 2.
A.R. Murphy, European Paintings in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue, Boston, 1985, p. 10, illustrated.
P.C. Sutton, A Guide to Dutch Art in America, Washington D.C., 1986, p. 33.
E.H.H. Archibald, The Dictionary of Sea Painters of Europe and America, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1st ed., 1980, p. 64; 2nd ed., 1989; 3rd ed., 2000, p. 120.
R. Bear, The Poetry of Everyday Life: Dutch Painting in Boston, exhibition catalogue, Boston, 2002, p. 46.
Exhibited
London, British Institution, 1824, no. 92.
| Artist: | Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630 - 1708) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630 - 1708) |
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| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
| Genre: | Marine art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, Europe, The Netherlands |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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