Extensive Landscape with Herdsmen
Dionys van Dongen (Dordrecht 1748 - Rotterdam 1819)
Lot-No. 457
Proceeds : 3.200 €
Oil/wood. 40 x 56,5 cm. Lo. ri. sign. D. v. Dongen, on the reverse Christie's block stamp. Retouchings. - Provenance: Christie's London, 25.10.1985, lot 1; Christie's Amsterdam, 13.11.1990, lot 201; estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - Dutch landscape painter in the tradition of the 17th century. After initial lessons with his father, D. trained in The Hague with J. Xavery. In 1771 he moved to Rotterdam, where his studio developed into an artistic meeting place. At an advanced age he had to stop painting because of an eye illness. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Rotterdam, Leiden a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
Dionys van Dongen: Extensive Landscape with Herdsmen
Dionys van Dongen (Dordrecht 1748 - Rotterdam 1819)
Extensive Landscape with Herdsmen
Lot-No. 457
Proceeds : 3.200 €
Oil/wood. 40 x 56,5 cm. Lo. ri. sign. D. v. Dongen, on the reverse Christie's block stamp. Retouchings. - Provenance: Christie's London, 25.10.1985, lot 1; Christie's Amsterdam, 13.11.1990, lot 201; estate Countess Finck von Finckenstein-Brinkama - Dutch landscape painter in the tradition of the 17th century. After initial lessons with his father, D. trained in The Hague with J. Xavery. In 1771 he moved to Rotterdam, where his studio developed into an artistic meeting place. At an advanced age he had to stop painting because of an eye illness. Mus.: St. Petersburg (Hermitage), Rotterdam, Leiden a. others. Lit.: AKL, Thieme-Becker, Bénézit.
