Property from a ♒Distinguisheﷺd North American Collection
Eglon Hendrick van der Neer
A wooded🔯 river landscape with Semiramis receiving the crown from Ninus, the Kꦆing of Assyria
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May 25, 03:13 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Property fro💫m a Distinguished N♈orth American Collection
Eglon Hendrick van der Neer
Amsterdam 1635/1636 - 1703 Düsseldorf
A wooded river landscape with Semiramis receiving the crown from Ninus, the King of Assyria
signed and dated lower right: E.H. vander Neer / 1694; inscribed on the reverse: Eglon van der Neer / No 47. Bears three seals on the reverse, one belong♕ing to François Duval and one of Pan dancing
oil on oak panel
panel: 11⅜ by 16¼ in.; 28.9 by 41.3 cm.
framed: 16½ by 21⅛ in.; 41.9 by 53.7 cm.
Jacobus Ignatius de Roore (1686-1747), painter and dealer, The Hague;
Willem Lormier, The Hague;
His posthumous sale, The Hague, Francken, 4 July 1763, lot 200, for Dfl. 160, to Van Haeften;
Monsieur [Jean-François?] Marin, Paris;
His posthumous sale, Paris, Lebrun Saubert C.P.: Serreau, 22-25 March 1790, lot 66, for 201 livres to Demaynon;
François Labensky, surveyor of the Picture Gallery of the Imperial Hermitage, Saint Petersburg;
Jean-François-André (François) Duval (1776–1854), Saint Petersburg (Imperial court jeweler, his wax seal with F and D in ligature on the reverse);
By whom sold, London, Phillips, 12-13 May 1846, no. 89, for £27.6s;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 3 February 1912, lot 43, £9.9s to Wagner;
Anonymous sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 16-17 December 1987, lot 416;
With Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, 1988;
Private collection;
From whom acquired by a private collector;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, 10 July 2002, lot 43;
There acquired by the present owner.
Willem Lormier, The Hague;
His posthumous sale, The Hague, Francken, 4 July 1763, lot 200, for Dfl. 160, to Van Haeften;
Monsieur [Jean-François?] Marin, Paris;
His posthumous sale, Paris, Lebrun Saubert C.P.: Serreau, 22-25 March 1790, lot 66, for 201 livres to Demaynon;
François Labensky, surveyor of the Picture Gallery of the Imperial Hermitage, Saint Petersburg;
Jean-François-André (François) Duval (1776–1854), Saint Petersburg (Imperial court jeweler, his wax seal with F and D in ligature on the reverse);
By whom sold, London, Phillips, 12-13 May 1846, no. 89, for £27.6s;
Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 3 February 1912, lot 43, £9.9s to Wagner;
Anonymous sale, Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 16-17 December 1987, lot 416;
With Pieter de Boer, Amsterdam, 1988;
Private collection;
From whom acquired by a private collector;
By whom anonymously sold ("The Property of a Lady"), London, Sotheby's, 10 July 2002, lot 43;
There acquired by the present owner.
G. Hoet, Catalogus of Nammlyst van Schilderyen met derzelver pryzen..., The Hague 1752, vol. II, p. 434;
J. B. Descamps, La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandais, Paris 1760, p. 137;
P. Terwesten, Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderyen..., The Hague, 1770, p. 326, no. 203;
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. v, London 1913, p. 483, no. 28, p. 523, no.188b;
A. Graves, Art Sales from early in the eighteenth century to early in the twentieth century, London 1921, p. 270;
E. Schavemaker, Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (1635/36 – 1703). Zijn leven en werk, PhD thesis, University of Utrecht, 2009, pp. 455-457, cat. no. 132;
E. Schavemaker, Eglon van der Neer. His Life and His Work, Doornspijk 2010, pp. 504-505, cat. no. 128, reproduced color plate XLIII.
J. B. Descamps, La vie des peintres flamands, allemands et hollandais, Paris 1760, p. 137;
P. Terwesten, Catalogus of Naamlyst van Schilderyen..., The Hague, 1770, p. 326, no. 203;
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné..., vol. v, London 1913, p. 483, no. 28, p. 523, no.188b;
A. Graves, Art Sales from early in the eighteenth century to early in the twentieth century, London 1921, p. 270;
E. Schavemaker, Eglon Hendrik van der Neer (1635/36 – 1703). Zijn leven en werk, PhD thesis, University of Utrecht, 2009, pp. 455-457, cat. no. 132;
E. Schavemaker, Eglon van der Neer. His Life and His Work, Doornspijk 2010, pp. 504-505, cat. no. 128, reproduced color plate XLIII.