16 Attributed to Esaias van de Velde (1587-1630) I. Two elegant couples standing near a boat and a moated castle; II. Haymaking before a village both oil on panel, tondo, Ø 17,5 cm
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Literature: -George S. Keyes, ‘Esaias van den Velde 1587-1630’, Doornspijk 1984, plate no. 119, no. 151, as: ‘Esaias van de Velde, Two couples standing before an arboured boat before a moated castle (spring?)’; plate no. 117, no. 152, as: ‘Haymaking before a village (summer?)’; both measured Ø 16,5 cm. Provenance: -Auction, Christie’s, London, 1 November 1968, lot 129, bought with its pendant by Perman. -The property of a Dutch collector.
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Both tondos are each companion piece. Keyes (1984) has mentioned them as ‘whereabouts unknown’.
Please compare II. ‘Haymaking before a village’ to a painting by the artist with a very similar composition, formerly in the Habich collection, and mentioned in: Keyes 1984, plate no. 118, no. 162, as: ‘Haymaking before a village (summer?)’, not signed or dated, and which had as companion piece: Keyes 1984, no. 103, ‘Frozen river to the left of a farm’, which is signed and dated 1618.
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