Live Auction 2676Old Master Paintings Part II
Jan Claesz. Rietschoof (Hoorn 1652-1719)
Lot 211

Jan Claesz. Rietschoof (Hoorn 1652-1719)

A Dutch merchantman and a spritsail barge in a breeze

Closed31 January 2013

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Jan Claesz. Rietschoof (Hoorn 1652-1719)
A Dutch merchantman and a spritsail barge in a breeze
oil on panel
13½ x 18 in. (34.5 x 46 cm.)

Anonymous sale; P. Brandt, Amsterdam, 15 May 1979, lot 55.
Private collection, East Sussex.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 7 October 1993, lot 139, as 'Ludolf Backhuysen'.

Specialist note

The choppy seas and billowing clouds in the present work are reminiscent of compositions by the Dutch sea-painter and draughtsman Ludolph Bakhuizen (1630-1708), who was Rietschoof's teacher. Sabine E. Craft-Giepmans of the RKD, The Hague, has confirmed the attribution to Rietschoof on the basis of photographs (private communication, 6 March 2002).