Fishing on the Ice

Abraham van CalraetBefore 1722

Until 1953 catalogued as Cuyp. DPG181 seems to be based on a comparable composition by Cuyp in the collection of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey.

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Title: Fishing on the Ice
Creator Lifespan: 1642 - 1722
Date: Before 1722
Physical Dimensions: w512 x h391 cm
Type: Painting
Medium: Oil
Work Notes: Until 1953 catalogued as Cuyp. DPG181 seems to be based on a comparable composition by Cuyp in the collection of the Duke of Bedford at Woburn Abbey (HdG733, 739b).Letter in file from Burton Fredericksen dated 29 Dec. 2002 gives 1791 provenance.
Work Nationality: Dutch
Support: Panel
Provenance: M. Du Charteaux; his sale, Paris, Pierre Remy and Joseph-Alexandre Lebrun, 2 May 1791, lot 63 (Lugt 4722) ('Albert Cuyp. Un tableau du beau faire de ce ma”tre, et riche de composition : le devant prŽsente une rivire, sur laquelle des patineurs sont occupŽs ˆ romper la glace, tandis que des pcheurs s'apprtent ˆ jeter des filets ; plus loin sont des chevaux attelŽs ˆ des traineaux ; diverses figures sont proche d'un Moulin : le fond est terminŽ par des masses d'arbres et l'indict d'un village. -- Hauteur, 14 pouces 6 lignes ; larguer, 19 pouces. B[ois].' Bt 'Larieux' for 329 livres; ?London, Noel Desenfans, 1804-1807: ?1804 Insurance List, no. 78); London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, ?1807-1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811
Artist: van Calraet, Abraham
Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)

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