Willem Romeyn (1624-1695)

Cattle on the Campo Vaccino in Rome

signed 'W Romeyn' (lower left)

oil on canvas, 68x89,5 cm

Exhibited:
-Dordrecht, Dordrechts Museum (25 September-20 November 1988)/Leeuwarden, Fries Museum (3 December 1988-29 January 1989), ‘Meesterlijk vee: Nederlandse veeschilders 1600-1900’, no. 41.

Provenance:
-Collection Mr. Lucas Mereus, Hoorn; His auction, Merens, Amsterdam, 15 April 1778, lot 96 (Sold for 335 Dfl.).
-Collection Mr. Delfos.
-Auction, Van Leyden, Paris, 5 November 1804, lot 79 (Sold for 800 Fr.).
-Collection Mr. Delaroche. -Auction, Payet, Paris, 9 December 1811, lot 82 (Sold for 680 Fr.).
-Collection Mr. Renant. -Collection Lord Belper; His auction, Christie's, London, 9 July 1976, lot 86.
-With Kunsthandel S. Nijstad, The Hague, circa 1977-1979.
-Auction, Phillips, London, 5 December 1989, lot 112.