JAN WEENIX (AMSTERDAM 1641-1719) A young gentleman courting an elegan...
JAN WEENIX (AMSTERDAM 1641-1719)
A young gentleman courting an elegant lady beneath a statue of Venus on a quay, with figures merrymaking and boarding a ferry beyond
signed and dated 'J. WEENIX 1675' (lower right on the stone block)
oil on canvas
50 ½ x 42 ¾ in. (128.2 x 108.6 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; William Ford, The Exchange, Manchester, 8-10 May 1822, lot 433.
W. R. Preston, Sidmouth; [The Property of a Gentleman in the Country], Christie's, London, 25 June 1850, lot 55 as Weenix.
with Martin Colnaghi, London, by 1894.
Arnold Friedlaender (according to label on reverse).
Major and Mrs. Goodliffe, Birdtown, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, by 1957.
[Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 4 July 1997, lot 58, where acquired by the present owner.
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JAN WEENIX (AMSTERDAM 1641-1719)
A young gentleman courting an elegant lady beneath a statue of Venus on a quay, with figures merrymaking and boarding a ferry beyond
signed and dated 'J. WEENIX 1675' (lower right on the stone block)
oil on canvas
50 ½ x 42 ¾ in. (128.2 x 108.6 cm.)
Provenance
Anonymous sale; William Ford, The Exchange, Manchester, 8-10 May 1822, lot 433.
W. R. Preston, Sidmouth; [The Property of a Gentleman in the Country], Christie's, London, 25 June 1850, lot 55 as Weenix.
with Martin Colnaghi, London, by 1894.
Arnold Friedlaender (according to label on reverse).
Major and Mrs. Goodliffe, Birdtown, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal, by 1957.
[Property of a Gentleman]; Christie's, London, 4 July 1997, lot 58, where acquired by the present owner.
