
former attr. Jan Wijnants (Dutch, ca. 1635-1684) and Johannes Lingelbach (German, act. in the Netherlands, ca. 1622-1674)
Landscape with Huntsmen or Huntsman at Rest or Landschaft mit einem Jäger
oil on panel, h. 14 1/4" x w. 11 1/4" (h. 36.2 x w. 28.6 cm)
Publication(s):
1923 Hofstede de Groot, C. Beschreibendes und kritisches verzeichnis der Werke des hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts, Vol. 8. Eslingen and Paris, 1923: no. 80
1949 Parke-Bernet auction catalog, New York, April 28, 1949: no. 15
1967 Five Centuries of Northern European Masterworks from the Collection of Claire Mendel. Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, Coral Gables, 1967: no. 20
2000 Eisele, Klaus. Jan Wijnants (1631/32-1684): ein Niederländischer Maler der Ideallandschaft im Goldenen Jahrhundert. Stuttgart, 2000: no. Z 12
Provenance:
1783
S. Stinsra (auction), Amsterdam, March 26, 1783, Nr. 157.
(sold for 31 florins to J.P. v.d. Schley, bought back, Hofstede de Groot 1923: no.80)
B. Haussmann (collection), Hannover, Nr. 271(?)
(Eisele 2000: no. Z 12)
King George V (collection), Hannover
(Eisele 2000: no. Z 12)
Fideicommiss Gallery of the Grand Ducal House of Brunswick - Lüneberg
(exhibit), Nr. 274.
(Eisele 2000: no. Z 12; label on reverse of painting)
1905
Provincial Museum (exhibit), Hannover, Nr. 212 (attr. Johannes Lingelbach)
(Eisele 2000: no. Z 12)
1949
Parke-Bernet (auction), New York
(Catalog 1949: no. 15. Eisele has interpreted the consignor incorrectly as Samuel Katz; instead the painting was offered for sale by a “N.Y. Private Collector”)
by 1967
Claire Mendel (collection), Miami Beach, Florida
(Catalog 1967: no. 20)
1980
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Miami, Florida
(80 P/M 5 // Cat. No. DC 453585)
Conclusion:
Provenance data remain inconclusive. It is unknown where the painting was during the period 1933-1945, nor is it known when or from whom Mendel acquired the painting, other than that he owned it by 1967.
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