Lot 151: Martinus de la Court (Brussels 1600-1710)

An Italianate landscape with a shepherd couple with sheep, cattle and goats signed 'MDL.COURT' (MDL linked, lower left) oil on panel 27.7 x 35.8 cm. PROVENANCE Anon. Sale, Christie's, London, 16 November 1973, lot 146, as Bartholomeus Breenbergh (œ840 to Brod). LITERATURE K.J. Mllenmeister, Meer und Land im Licht des 17.Jahrhunderts, II, 1981, no. 100, illustrated. EXHIBITION Delft, Museum Het Prinsenhof, Antiekbeurs, 1974. SALESROOM NOTICE Please note that the date of birth of the artist should read 1640.