PHILIPS WOUWERMAN (HAARLEM 1619-1668)

PHILIPS WOUWERMAN (HAARLEM 1619-1668)
A stag hunt
signed with initials ‘PHW’ (lower left)
oil on panel
19 1/8 x 30 7/8 in. (48.5 x 78.5 cm.)

Provenance
Monsieur De Pile [Roger de Piles?], Paris; (probably) (†) his sale, Ford, London, 29-30 April 1742, lot 81 (70 gns. to the Prince of Wales).
Acquired in 1742 by [Jacques?] Rigaud for 1,500 livres on behalf of the following,
Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony (1696-1763), Dresden.
Royal Picture Gallery, Dresden, and by whom sold to the following in 1927,
with Galerie van Diemen, Berlin, where presumably acquired by the great-grandfather of the present owner.

Please note that the present work is being offered for sale pursuant to a settlement agreement between the current owner and the company Van Diemen & Co. The settlement agreement resolves the dispute over ownership of the work and title will pass to the successful bidder.