Francis van Knibbergen (? c. 1596/97-after 1664 ?)
A wooded landscape with nymphs bathing in a river
signed 'F. Knibberg' (lower centre)
oil on panel
46.5 x 72.4 cm.
Francis van Knibbergen (? c. 1596/97-after 1664 ?)
A wooded landscape with nymphs bathing in a river
signed 'F. Knibberg' (lower centre)
oil on panel
46.5 x 72.4 cm.
Paul Mantz, Paris, Drouot, Paris, 10-11 May 1895, lot 41.
Anonymous sale; Göteborg, Auktionverk, 26 March 1980, lot 515.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 18 October 1995, lot 122, where bought by the present owner.
H. Thieme & U. Becker, Allgemeines Künster Lexikon, Leipzig, 1927, XX, p. 583.
H.-U. Beck, Künstler um Jan van Goyen, Doornspijk, 1991, IV p. 230, no. 614 AII, illustrated.
H.-J. Raupp, Landschaften und Seestücke, Münster, 2001, III, pp. 116-9, no. 25, illustrated.
Paderborn, Städtische Galerie in der Reithalle Schloss Neuhaus, Schiffsbruch vor felsiger Küste-Niederländische Landschaften und Seestücke des 17. Jahrhunderts, 23 August-4 November 2001.
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Unter weitem Himmel-Holländische Landschaftsbilder des 'Goldenen Jahrhunderts' aus der Sammlung SØR Rusche, 10 February-21 April 2002.
Dessau, Anhaltische Gemäldegalerie, Bauern, Fischer, Vagabunden-Niederländische Landschaftsmalerei des 17. Jahrhunderts aus der SØR Rusche Sammlung, 16 November 2003-6 January 2004.
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