11. Attributed to Herman van Swanevelt
Attributed to Herman van Swanevelt
(Woerden 1603 – Paris 1655)
Italianate Coastal Scene with Figures on the Bank
Oil on panel, 25.5 x 35.3 cm
Provenance:
– Property of a European Private Collection
– Auction Sotheby’s, London, 8 May 2019, lot 112
– Private collection, the Netherlands
Note:
Dr. Anne Charlotte Steland notes stylistic similarities between the present work and two signed paintings by Swanevelt, one dated 1649 (private collection, USA), the other 1646 (sold Vienna, Dorotheum, 24 June-2 July 1986, lot 706). For the written correspondence, dating 19 December 2017, see: A.C. Steland, Herman van Swanevelt, Petersberg 2010, pp. 58, 60 and 149-51, cat. no. G 1,48 and G 1,51; plates volume, reproduced in colour figures G 151 and G 139.