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Landscape with Hunters

Landscape with Hunters

c. 1660–80
(Dutch, 1635–1684)
Framed: 53 x 58 x 5.8 cm (20 7/8 x 22 13/16 x 2 5/16 in.); Unframed: 36.8 x 44.1 cm (14 1/2 x 17 3/8 in.)
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

To supplement his income as a painter, Jan Wijnants also owned an inn.

Description

Dune landscapes were a subject of great interest in seventeenth-century Netherlands, among the earliest subjects for independent landscape. They were the bread-and-butter speciality for Wijnants, whose far more unusual Amsterdam canal scene is also in the collection of the CMA.
  • Comte Pillet-Will
    King of Sicily
    Leicester of Terry
    by 1835 Thomas Hardman (Manchester, England) [possibly sold, Winstanley and Sons, Manchester, October 19, 1838]
    - 1872 Etienne Arago, 1802-1892 (Paris, France), sold, February 2, 1872, lot 80
    Comtesse de Puymodon (Paris, France)
    by 1965 Julius Böhler (Munich, West Germany), sold to Paul J. Vignos, Jr., 1965.
    1965-2010
    Paul J. Vignos, Jr., died 2010 (Gates Mills, Ohio), upon his death, held in trust by the estate.
    2010 Estate of Paul J. Vignos, Jr.
  • Smith, John. A Catalogue Raisonné of the Works of the Most Eminent Dutch, Flemish and French Painters; In Which Is Included a Short Biographical Notice of the Artists, with a Copious Description of Their Principal Pictures; a Statement of the Prices at Which Such Pictures Have Been Sold at Public Sales on the Continent and in England; a Reference to the Galleries and Private Collections, in Which a Large Portion Are at Present; and the Names of the Artists by Whom They Have Been Engraved; to Which Is Added, a Brief Notice of the Scholars & Imitators of the Great Masters of the Above Schools. London: Smith and Son, 1829. Mentioned: v. VI, no. 153
    Hofstede de Groot, C. Beschreibendes und kritisches verzeichnis der werke des hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts; nach dem muster. Esslingen a. N.: P. Neff, 1907. Mentioned: v. X, no. 175
  • {{cite web|title=Landscape with Hunters|url=false|author=Jan Wijnants|year=c. 1660–80|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2011.48