Aert van der Neer, Skaters and Colf Players on a Frozen River

Skaters and Colf Players on a Frozen River bordering a Village. 1660s. Aert van der Neer (1603/4 - 1677)

Oil on canvas. 117 x 163,5 cm / 46 x 64.3 in. Sgned lower center with monogram: AVDN

References

• catalogue: Aert van der Neer catalog raisonné, 1923, 545

Auctions

• Sotheby's, New York. 4 June 2015, 10:00 AM EDT, Master Paintings, Property from the collection of Dr. Hilary Koprowski and Dr. Irena Koprowska. Lot 52. Estimate
30,000 — 50,000 USD; lot sold. 274,000 USD

Provenance

• J.A. Versijden van Varick, Leiden; • His sale Leiden 29 October 1791, lot 22, for 26 guilders, to Kleynenberg; • With Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, 1920; • Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 18 March 1955, lot 22, to Leger Galleries, London;1 • Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 2 April 1976, lot 20; • Anonymous sale, London, Christie's, 6 June 1984, lot 188; • Anonymous sale, London, Sotheby's, 2 July 1986, lot 146, for £80,000; • Where purchased by Dr. Hilary Koprowski.  

Literature

• C. Hofstede de Groot, A Catalogue Raisonné, 1923, vol. VII, p. 494, cat. no. 545; • W. Schulz, Aert van der Neer, Doornspijk 2002, p. 184, cat. no. 203 (as present whereabouts unknown).

Source: Do Smit