Lot 46: Hendrik Jakobsz. Dubbels (Amsterdam 1621-1707)

A winter landscape with villagers sledging on a frozen lake, a church beyond
with remnants of signature (lower centre)
oil on panel
16 5/8 x 20 7/8 in. (42.2 x 53 cm.)

W. Bode, Die Kunstsammlungen des Herrn Alfred Beit in seinem Stadthause in Parklane zu London, Berlin, 1904, pp. 21 and 57, illustrated p. 18, as oil on canvas, and by Aert van der Neer.
W. Bode, Catalogue of the Collection of Pictures and Bronzes in the Possession of Mr. Otto Beit, London, 1913, pp. 22-3, 79, no. 39, pl. XVII, as by Aert van der Neer.
C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné...etc, VII, London, 1923, p. 444, no. 504, as by Aert van der Neer.
M. Russell, Jan van de Cappelle 1624/6-1679, Norfolk, 1975, pp. 40, 100 and pl. 22a, as by Aert van der Neer.
U. Middendorf, Hendrik J. Dubbels, Freren, 1989, pp. 178-9, no. 141 and pl. 141, as attributed to Hendrik Jacobsz. Dubbels.

Sir Alfred Beit (d. 1906), London, by 1904, and by descent to
Sir Otto John Beit (1865-1930), London, by 1906 and by descent until
Anonymous sale [The property of a gentleman]; Christie's, London, 24 April 1998, lot 20 as Circle of Aert van der Neer, where acquired by the present vendor.

When writing her catalogue raisonné of the artist in 1989 (op. cit.), Dr Ulrich Middendorf only knew the present picture through a black and white photograph in Margareta Russell's book on Jan van de Cappelle (op. cit.). Middendorf has since confirmed the attribution to Dubbels on the basis of more recent photographs, noting that the present picture dates to 1658-60, the artist's middle and best period.

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