Live Auction 5253Old Masters & British Paintings
Lieve Pietersz. Verschuier (active Rotterdam c. 1634-1686)
Lot 93 Property from a London Collection (lots 13, 23, 24, 25, 27, 30, 31, 80, 86, 91, 93, 104 and 118)

Lieve Pietersz. Verschuier (active Rotterdam c. 1634-1686)

A Mediterranean coastal landscape at dusk, with fishermen unloading their boats, and a man-'o-war beyond

Closed29 April 2014

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Lieve Pietersz. Verschuier (active Rotterdam c. 1634-1686)
A Mediterranean coastal landscape at dusk, with fishermen unloading their boats, and a man-'o-war beyond
signed 'L.verschuier' (lower right)
oil on panel
14¾ x 19½ in. (37.5 x 49.5 cm.)

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 22 May 1963, lot 80 (to Hale).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 October 1982, lot 70, when bought by;
The Collection of Lillemor Herweg; Sotheby's, London, 8 December 2005, lot 128.

Specialist note

Only one dated picture by Verschuier is known, of 1661 (Alte Pinakothek, Munich). He is best known for his highly atmospheric marine landscapes, which are usually set before dramatic sunsets, as in the present lot. This picture by a uniquely original artist, with no obvious precursors or followers, can be tentatively dated to the early 1660s.