* Aert van der Neer
(Dutch, 1603-1677)
A River Scene, c. 1652-55
oil on oak panel
12 3/8 x 19 1/2 inches.
Estimate $20,000-30,000
The Property of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund
Provenance:
Collection of Corbett-Winder, Vaynor Park, Berriew, Wales
Sold: Christie's, London, Auction Major Corbett-Winder, April 6, 1889, Lot 75
Collection of James E. Scripps
Given to the Detroit Museum of Art in 1889 by the above
Literature:
Royal Academy, Exhibition of the Works of Old Masters, London, 1888, cat. 96.
Detroit Museum of Art, Catalogue of the Scripps Collection, Detroit, 1889, no. 57, (as Arnold or Aart van der Neer).
Detroit Museum of Art, Handbook of Paintings by the Old Masters, Detroit, 1910, p. 39, no. 52.
Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, compiled by C. Burroughs, Catalogue of paintings, sculpture and contemporary arts and crafts, Detroit, 1920, p. 55, no. 47.
C. Hofstede de Groot, Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der holl-ndischen Maler des 17 Jahrhunderts, vol. 7, Esslingen/Paris, 1918, A. van der Neer, pp. 370-371, no. 30.
W. Heil, Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1930, cat. 156, repr.
E. P.Richardson (ed.), Detroit Institute of Arts Museum, Catalogue of Paintings, Detroit, 1944, p. 96, no. 156.
W. Schulz. Aert van der Neer, Ghent, 2002, p. 212, no. 322. [as "River Landscape at Sunset"]
Detroit Institute of Arts, Masters of Dutch Painting: The Detroit Institute of Arts, London, 2004, pp. 142-143
Frame: 19 1/8 x 26 1/8 inches.