Cornelis Matthieu

MATTHIEU, CORNELIS (active in Antwerp and Utrecht around 1637-1656) Title: River Landscape with Travellers on a Bridge. Technique: Oil on wood. Measurement: 75.5 x 106.5cm. Notation: Signed lower left: "C. Matheu". Frame: Framed. Provenance: Private ownership, Germany; Auction Sotheby's, London, 08.12.2005, lot 127 (as Cornelis Matthieu and described as on canvas); Karl & Lillemon Herweg Collection, Recklinghausen, 08.1970-12.08.2005; Sold to Karl & Lillemon Herweg by Dr Walther Bernt, 08.1970; Collection H. Sauter, Munich, 1970s; Art dealer van der Lubbe, The Hague/Voorburg (possibly as Hercules Segers); 1956; Collection art dealer Dorus Hermsen, The Hague, 1935. The present work is listed and documented in the online database of the RKD, The Hague, under ill. no. 111298. We are grateful to Ellis Dullaart, RKD, The Hague, who confirmed the attribution of the present painting on the basis of a high-resolution digital photograph. Estimated shipping costs for this lot: Arrangement after auction. Explanations to the Catalogue Cornelis Matthieu The Netherlands 17th C. Old Masters Framed River Painting Ruin