Lot 6: An Italianate river landscape with travellers; and An Italianate landscape with a shepherd and his flock

Philips Augustyn Immenraet (Antwerp 1627-1679)
An Italianate river landscape with travellers; and An Italianate landscape with a shepherd and his flock
the first signed and indistinctly dated '·PA·Immen Raet.F. 16..' (PA linked, lower left)
oil on panel
19.3 x 24.8 cm.
both with a collector's wax seal on the reverse
a pair (2)

In the family of the present owner since the 1950s.

Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Mrs Marijke de Kinkelder of the RKD, The Hague, points out that the present compositions are comparable to four similar landscapes, dated 1656, in the Historisches Museum, Frankfurt (written communication, 28 December 2007).