Dutch, 1620-1683
Landscape with Herdsmen, Farm Animals, and a Young Woman Riding a Mule
Signed Berchem f (lr)
Brown ink and wash on paper
9 3/4 x 13 7/8 inches (24.8 x 35.7 cm)
Frame 18 3/8 x 22 1/4 inches (46.8 x 56.5 cm)
Provenance:
Jacob de Vos (1735–1833), Amsterdam
His sale, Amsterdam (De Vries, Roos), October 30-31, 1833, Album H, lot 2, fl. 331, to De Vries for
Jacob de Vos Willemszoon (1744–1844) or his son, Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon (1803–1882), Amsterdam
Jacob de Vos Jacobszoon (1803–1882), Amsterdam (Lugt 1450)
His sale, Amsterdam (Roos, F. Muller & Co.), May 22-24, 1888, p. 8, lot 42 (as "Paysage d’Italie"), bought for fl. 325, by
His nephew, Pieter Langerhuizen (1839–1918), Bussum (Lugt 2095)
His sale, Amsterdam (F. Muller & Co.), April 29-May 2, 1919, lot 56
Sale Prince Solms-Braunfels et al., Amsterdam (R.W.P. de Vries), January 24-25, 1922, p. 5, lot 39, pl. LI
Sale Jacques Arnal, Toulouse et al., London (Sotheby’s), February 24, 1925, lot 9
Herbert E. Feist Gallery, New York
Purchased from the above gallery at an unknown date before 1969
Leopold R. Gellert, Rye, New York
Estate of the above, 1969
By descent in the family to the present owner
Reproduced as an engraving (with etching) by Johannes de Visscher and published by Nicolaes Visscher II, 1670 (Hollstein Dutch, 114)
We are grateful to Dr. Annemarie Stefes for confirming the authenticity of this work based on photographs and for providing the details of its 19th-century provenance. Her written opinion on the drawing will be available for clients at the exhibition of this sale, or can also be emailed to interested parties on request.
Condition
Partially glued down to the mount at various points along the edges. The paper lightly toned. One spot of foxing above and to the left of the woman's head. Small horizontal tear at the lower left margin. Contours faintly indented for transfer.
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