Live Auction 8008Old Master & British Paintings (Day Sale)
Attributed to Adriaen Jansz. Ocker (active Amsterdam and England, ?1621/2-1689/1709?)
Lot 185

Attributed to Adriaen Jansz. Ocker (active Amsterdam and England, ?1621/2-1689/1709?)

A view of Bridge Place, Kent, a hunting party in the foreground

Closed7 December 2011

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GBP 22,500

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Attributed to Adriaen Jansz. Ocker (active Amsterdam and England, ?1621/2-1689/1709?)
A view of Bridge Place, Kent, a hunting party in the foreground
oil on canvas
54¾ x 57 in. (139 X 144.7 cm.)

with Christopher Gibbs, London.

Specialist note

Bridge Place was built by Sir Arnold Braems (d. 1681), a rich merchant of Flemish descent who made his fortune developing the seafront at Dover. He was the patron of many Dutch artists working in England; Cornelius Johnson stayed at Bridge Place in the 1640s and Willem Schellincks in 1660. At that time, Bridge Place was the second largest house in Kent after Leeds Castle.
Ocker is believed to have worked in England in the late 1670s which is when this view of the house is thought to have been painted. A signed landscape by the artist was sold at Christie's, London, 23 April 2008, lot 26.