The Monogrammist PHB
c. 1600 - 1660
A River Landscape with a Village Church
Medium:
Oil on Panel
Category:
Dimensions:
47(h) x 65(w) cms
Signed:
Signed with Monogram and dated: 'PHB 1651'
Essay:
The Monogrammist PHB is an interesting artist working closely in the circle of Jan van Goyen and Pieter de Molijn, both artists belonging to the Haarlem School of painting. The subjects of his works are usually river and estuary scenes depicting everyday life along the waterways of Holland.
Provenance:
Collection Marczell von Nemes (1866 - 1930), Budapest;
Sale, Paris, 17th June 1913, Lot 51 (ffs 14,500);
With Bourgeois, Paris
Literature:
Hofstede de Groot, "Beschreibendes und kritisches Verzeichnis der Werke der hervorragendsten holländischen Maler des XVII. Jahrhunderts', 1913, Vols I - X, no 764 (as Jan van Goyen);
Hans-Ulrich Beck, 'Jan van Goyen, Künstler um Jan van Goyen', Davaco, 1991, Vol IV, p.312, no. 864, illustrated.