Lot 59: Property from the Arthur Feldman Collection HENDRIK VAN DER STRAATEN HAARLEM 1665 - 1722 LONDON

Property from the Arthur Feldman Collection HENDRIK VAN DER STRAATEN HAARLEM 1665 - 1722 LONDON TWO FIGURES CONVERSING BY A HOUSE ON A TREE-LINED ROAD

bears old attributions on the verso to A. Beerstraaten and A. Aartman and various numerical annotations, one in pen and brown ink: 1968,
black chalk with grey, and touches of brown, wash, within black ink framing lines

PROVENANCE

Rudolf Peltzer (L.2231);
Brno/Feldmann inventory number 3230
CATALOGUE NOTE

The figures, the composition and particularly the treatment of the foliage are characteristic of van der Straaten; see for example, a signed landscape, sold Amsterdam, Christie's, 24 November 1992, lot 183 and another sold, London, Sotheby's, 7 July 1999, lot 197.

143 by 183mm